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What are lone...

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What are lone pairs? Give some examples depicting lone pairs.

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Lone pairs are the pairs of valence electrons that are not shared with any other atom. They do not participate in covalent bond formation.

Example- Water molecule contains 2 lone pairs on oxygen atom.

Another example is of ammonia molecule having 1 lone pair on nitrogen atom.

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Q. Lone pair-lone pair repulsions are greater than bond pair-bond pair repulsions because:

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