Wednesday, October 11, 2017

electrons - why are lp-lp repulsions greater than bp-lp and bp-bp?


My teacher told me that lone pair and lone pair are closer together hence the repulsion is greater and they take up more space, but I do not understand? can anyone explain it to me?




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