VSEPR Shapes

Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory proposes that molecules and ions adopt 3D shapes that minimize repulsion between the bonding pairs in Local Bond Theory Lewis Structures.

Here is a good resource from the Open Educational Resource OpenSTAX Chemistry.

This is a part of a series of pages that serve as a static set of URLs to be used in the references section of my book Spectroscopy Theory in One Dimension through AIP Press.