Electrons in lone pair occupy more space than electron in bond pair? justify
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Just to add on, because lone pairs have a stronger negative charge than bonding pairs, they cause a higher degree of repulsion, which is why they appear to take up more space.
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Lone pairs are located in orbitals that are more spherical than the orbitals in which bonding electrons reside. So, lone pairs of electrons take up more space than bonding electrons because they are only attracted by one nucleus, which implies that they more spread out at a shorter distance from that nucleus.
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