why CH4 molecule is called tetrahedral
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We now rationalize the tetrahedral arrangement of atoms around methane as being due to the repulsion of the bonding pairs of electrons with each other (a.k.a. VSEPR theory). After all, the 2p orbitals are all at 90 degrees to each other, but the bond angles in methane are 109.5°.
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We now rationalize the tetrahedral arrangement of atoms around methane as being due to the repulsion of the bonding pairs of electrons with each other (a.k.a. VSEPR theory). After all, the 2p orbitals are all at 90 degrees to each other, but the bond angles in methane are 109.5°.
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