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Why do lone pairs of electrons repel other electrons pairs farther away than bonding pairs of electrons do?
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Why do lone pairs of electrons repel other electrons pairs farther away than bonding pairs of electrons do?

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Because a bonding electron pair is involved in a sigma bond with another atom. Hence is at a greater distance from the nucleus of the central atom than a non bonding pair



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