CHEM (chemical bonding)

[tiny lotus]

can someone pls explain BENT RULE?🙏

[ocean dew]

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[brittle linden]

In simplest form we can say that more electronegative atom occupies that atomic orbital which has less s character

[paper badger]

also, might i add, it is not relevant for jee main and neet. advanced me bhi isiliye padhate hain cos a q was asked on this idea many years ago :D

[tiny lotus]

Ok ok

[tiny lotus]

How am I supposed to know which topics are relevant and which are not?😭😭

[paper badger]

Read ncert :)

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[swift kiln]

For chem, check this #📃│stuff-by-ashish message

[tiny lotus]

Oh ok thank youu

[shrewd temple]

Isn't it used for making structures

It's used when we need to tell shape and there are lone pairs

Alot of questions on this in mains

[paper badger]

Nope, not in jee main or adv or neet. dunno about other tests :D

btw @tiny lotus what potato said works
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry/Introduction_to_Organometallic_Chemistry_(Ghosh_and_Balakrishna)/01%3A_Introduction/1.02%3A_VSEPR_Theory_and_its_Utility#:~:text=What is Bent's rule%3A,be explained using Bent's rule.

more stuff to read.

shall we close this out?

[paper badger]

+fsolved