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V-Shaped/Bent Structure

V-Shaped/Bent Structure Sulfur - represented by the green pom pom
Hydrogen - represented by the yellow pom poms

This is the VSEPR shape for the H2S molecule. This molecule has 2 lone pairs and 2 bonded pairs. Thus, due to the repulsion, the molecule forms a v-shape or bent structure with bond angles of 90 degrees. In a molecule, although the lone pairs and bonded pairs of electrons are treated approximately the same, the lone pairs impose a higher repulsion. This is due to the fact that the lone pairs of electrons are only influenced by one atom’s nucleus, thus these centralized electrons are able to exert a stronger force of repulsion on the bonded pairs of electrons, thus pushing the atoms themselves closer together, forming a bent structure.

Structure

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