In the 1940's and 1950's, this theory was improved using new developments in valence bond theory and observations of atomic electronegativities to build upon the Lewis model of covalent bonding.
In the 1940's and 1950's, this theory was improved using new developments in valence bond theory and observations of atomic electronegativities to build upon the Lewis model of covalent bonding. Based upon the idea that molecular shape can be primarily determined by electron repulsion, it categorizes molecules into shapes such as linear, trigonal planar, and pyramidal. For 10 points, name this theory of molecular geometries with a five-letter abbreviation.
In the 1940's and 1950's, this theory was improved using new developments in valence bond theory and observations of atomic electronegativities to build upon the Lewis model of covalent bonding.
{v}alence {s}hell {e}lectron {p}air {r}epulsion Theory