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Yogita Ingle 6 years, 8 months ago
The VSEPR theory is based on the premise that there is a repulsion between the pairs of valence electrons in all atoms, and that the atoms will always tend to arrange themselves in a manner in which this electron pair repulsion is minimalized. This arrangement of the atom determines the geometry of the resulting molecule.
The two primary developers of the VSEPR theory are Ronald Nyholm and Ronald Gillespie. This theory is also known as the Gillespie-Nyholm theory to honor these chemists.
In this theory, the repulsion between two electrons caused by the Pauli exclusion principle has greater importance than electrostatic repulsion in the determination of molecular geometry
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