Date: 24/07/2014 11:04:45
From: SCIENCE
ID: 564706
Subject: Bond Angle

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109.5

If we do a similar arrangement of water, putting oxygen in the center, and using the two hydrogens and two lone pairs at the corners, we also come up with a tetrahedral arrangement. However, there is one important difference – the bond angles for water are not 109.5.

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Date: 24/07/2014 21:33:55
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 565086
Subject: re: Bond Angle

For water, it’s the combination of tetrahedral bond angle coupled with repulsion between the electron pairs of oxygen that are not attached to hydrogen atoms. The tetrahedral angle is 109.5° but the repulsion reduces that to 104.5°.

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