Question

Explain why the shape of H2O is bent and CO2 is linear.

Answer 1

Explanation:

CO2 has two regions of electron density and no lone pairs on the central C atom so by VSEPR Theoey, the molecule is linear. H2O has four regions of electron density and two lone pairs on the central O atom so the molecule is bent.

Answer 2

Explanation:

At H2O the central atom is oxygen and oxygen have lone pair so due to the lone pair it shows steric hindrance

but at CO2 the central atom is carbon has no lone pair so linear

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