VSEPR Table (reduced)

Table of VSEPR Shapes

Up to Four Bonds, only

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

		Number of Bonds on Central Atom
		1	2	3	4
Number of Lone Pairs on Central Atom	0	Linear	Linear	Trigonal Planar	Tetrahedral
	1	Linear	Bent	Trigonal Pyramidal
	2	Linear	Bent
	3	Linear

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^–
3	0	3	trigonal planar	120°	BF₃, AlCl₃, CO₃^2–, H₂CO, NO₃^–
3	1	4	trigonal pyramidal	109.5°	NH₃, PCl₃, ClO₃^–, H₃O⁺
4	0	4	tetrahedral	109.5°	CH₄, SiCl₄, ClO₄^–, SO₄^2–

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, CO₃^2–, H₂CO, NO₃^–
2	1	3	bent	120°	SO₂, NO₂^–
4	0	4	tetrahedral	109.5°	CH₄, SiCl₄, ClO₄^–, SO₄^2–
3	1	4	trigonal pyramidal	109.5°	NH₃, PCl₃, ClO₃^–, H₃O⁺
2	2	4	bent	109.5°	H₂O, SCl₂, NH₂^–

Here is a table of all of the VSEPR shapes, up to 6 electron domains.
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