VSEPR CH₄ Methane

Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion

Methane has 4 regions of electron density around the central carbon atom (4 bonds, no lone pairs). The resulting shape is a regular tetrahedron with H-C-H angles of 109.5°.

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Related structures H₂O | NH₃ | CH₄ | PF₅ |SF₄ |ClF₃ | SF₆ | XeF₄