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What does a bent molecule look like?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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Any linear molecule in which the central atom has one or more lone pairs on it. Oxygen is the best example. The large negative charge on the lone pairs will force the electrons in the sigma bonds between the atoms away from itself, bending the structure.

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It sort of looks like a vee (V)

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