Table of VSEPR Shapes

Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion model shapes, listed by number of bonds. Rows are colored according to the total number of electron domains.

Bonding Electron Domains	Lone Pair Domains	Total Electron Domains	Shape	Ideal Bond Angle(s)	Examples	Image
1	0, 1, 2, or 3	1, 2, 3, or 4	linear	none	H2, N2, O2, CO, CN–
2	0	2	linear	180°	BeCl2, CO2
2	1	3	bent	120°	SO2, NO2–
2	2	4	bent	109.5°	H2O, SCl2, NH2–
2	3	5	linear	180°	XeF2
3	0	3	trigonal planar	120°	BF3, AlCl3, CO32–, H2CO, NO3–
3	1	4	trigonal pyramidal	109.5°	NH3, PCl3, ClO3–, H3O+
3	2	5	T-shaped	90°, 180°	ClF3, BrF3
4	0	4	tetrahedral	109.5°	CH4, SiCl4, ClO4–, SO42–
4	1	5	see-saw	180°, 120°	SF4, SeF4, IO2F2–, ClF4+
4	2	6	square planar	90°	XeF4, PtCl42–
5	0	5	trigonal bipyramidal	90°, 120°	PCl5, PF3Cl2, SbF5
5	1	6	square pyramidal	90°	IF5, BrF5, XeOF4
6	0	6	octahedral	90°	SF6, Fe(CN)63–

Bonding Electron Domains	Lone Pair Domains	Total Electron Domains	Shape	Ideal Bond Angle(s)	Examples	Image
1	0, 1, 2, or 3	1, 2, 3, or 4	linear	none	H2, N2, O2, CO, CN–
2	0	2	linear	180°	BeCl2, CO2
3	0	3	trigonal planar	120°	BF3, AlCl3, CO32–, H2CO, NO3–
2	1	3	bent	120°	SO2, NO2–
4	0	4	tetrahedral	109.5°	CH4, SiCl4, ClO4–, SO42–
3	1	4	trigonal pyramidal	109.5°	NH3, PCl3, ClO3–, H3O+
2	2	4	bent	109.5°	H2O, SCl2, NH2–
5	0	5	trigonal bipyramidal	90°, 120°	PCl5, PF3Cl2, SbF5
4	1	5	see-saw	180°, 120°	SF4, SeF4, IO2F2–, ClF4+
3	2	5	T-shaped	90°, 180°	ClF3, BrF3
2	3	5	linear	180°	XeF2
6	0	6	octahedral	90°	SF6, Fe(CN)63–
5	1	6	square pyramidal	90°	IF5, BrF5, XeOF4
4	2	6	square planar	90°	XeF4, PtCl42–