Which one of these statements is NOT TRUE?O The steric number determines the canonical shape of the molecule, which is called the electron-domaingeometry.The energy of a molecule is lowered if the repulsions between bonding & nonbonding electron pairs areminimized for all atoms in the molecule.O Nonbonding electron pairs on an atom repel each other electrostatically, but bonding pairs do not.O In VSEPR theory, all of the electron pairs centered on an atom are placed as far as possible from each otherin three dimensions.O The shape of the molecules is determined by the geometry of the electron domains.

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Which one of these statements is NOT TRUE? The steric number determines the canonical shape of the molecule, which is called the electron-domain geometry. The energy of a molecule is lowered if the repulsions between bonding & nonbonding electron pairs are minimized for all atoms in the molecule. Nonbonding electron pairs on an atom repel each other electrostatically, but bonding pairs do not. In VSEPR theory, all of the electron pairs centered on an atom are placed as far as possible from each other in three dimensions. O The shape of the molecules is determined by the geometry of the electron domains.

Which one of these statements is NOT TRUE? The steric number determines the canonical shape of the molecule, which is called the electron-domain geometry. The energy of a molecule is lowered if the repulsions between bonding & nonbonding electron pairs are minimized for all atoms in the molecule. Nonbonding electron pairs on an atom repel each other electrostatically, but bonding pairs do not. In VSEPR theory, all of the electron pairs centered on an atom are placed as far as possible from each other in three dimensions. O The shape of the molecules is determined by the geometry of the electron domains.

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Problem 94AP: Which of the following statements is false concerning bonding? Elements with extremely different...

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