Chemistry A-Level
Electron pair repulsion between bonding pairs
What Electron pair repulsion between bonding pairs means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The four bonding pairs repel one another and arrange themselves as far apart as possible, and the repulsion acts between bonding pairs of electrons rather than between nuclei or atoms.
Topics that use Electron pair repulsion between bonding pairs
- Alkanes (OCR A-Level)
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