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is it possible to have 4 electron pairs and having a geometry that contains 3 lone pairs and only one bond pair ?? what will be its shape ?? linear ??

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The molecule contains only one bond pair. A molecule has shape when it has more than one bond pair of electrons oriented in space around a central atom.
Lone pairs only modify the geometry defined by the number of bond pairs.

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