VSEPR Table

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.

		Number of Bonds on Central Atom
		1	2	3	4	5	6
Number of Lone Pairs on Central Atom	0	Linear	Linear	Trigonal Planar	Tetrahedral	Trigonal Bipyramidal	Octahedral
	1	Linear	Bent	Trigonal Pyramidal	See-saw	Square Pyramidal
	2	Linear	Bent	T-Shaped	Square Planar
	3	Linear	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, H₂CO, NO₂^–
2	2	4	bent	109.5°	H₂O, SCl₂, NH₂^–
2	3	5	linear	180°	XeF₂
3	0	3	trigonal planar	120°	BF₃, AlCl₃, CO₃^2–, 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^–, SO₄^2–
4	1	5	see-saw	180°, 120°	SF₄, SeF₄, IO₂F₂^–, ClF₄⁺
4	2	6	square planar	90°	XeF₄, PtCl₄^2–
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)₆^3–

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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–, NO₃^–
2	1	3	bent	120°	SO₂, H₂CO, 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^–
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)₆^3–
5	1	6	square pyramidal	90°	IF₅, BrF₅, XeOF₄
4	2	6	square planar	90°	XeF₄, PtCl₄^2–

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