Question

What are the five VSEPR shapes?

Answer 1

VSEPR:

• The electron pairs that surround the core atoms of the molecule are utilized to forecast the shape of the molecule using the VSEPR hypothesis.
• The Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory, or VSEPR theory, is based on the idea that all atoms have a repulsion between their pairs of valence electrons, and that the atoms will always want to arrange themselves in a way that minimises this repulsion.
• The geometry of the resultant molecule is determined by the atom arrangement.
• Sidgwick and Powell initially proposed the hypothesis in $1940$.
• The VSEPR hypothesis assumes that the molecule will take on a form that minimizes electronic repulsion in the valence shell of that atom.

Five Shapes of VSEPR:

• Linear
• Trigonal planar
• Tetrahedral
• Trigonal bipyramidal
• Octahedral