A Review of Gillespie Laws, its applications and limitations
Keywords:
Gillespie Laws, VSEPR TheoryAbstract
In order to predict the geometry of covalent molecules, Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory is used. This theory was given by Gillespie and Nyholm. According to this theory the geometry of a molecule depends upon the number of bonding and non-bonding electron pairs in the central atom. These arrange themselves in such a way that there is a minimum repulsion between them so that the molecule has minimum energy (i.e. maximum stability).
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