How does adding an atom affect the position of existing atoms or lone pairs?

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Timothy Morales

22 July, 09:34

How does adding an atom affect the position of existing atoms or lone pairs?

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Adding an atom will increase the repulsion between existing atoms and lone pairs. Added atom will result in bond pair-bond pair and bond pair-lone pair repulsion. The magnitude of the lone pair-bond pair repulsion is greater than the bond pair-bond pair repulsion. The added atom will change the electron geometry and bring about a distortion in the molecular geometry.