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GK QUESTION#3483

Which pair further developed the electron-pair repulsion model of molecular geometry in 1957?

  1. AMarcet and Pauling
  2. BHeitler and London
  3. CStaudinger and Perey
  4. DNyholm and GillespieCorrect answer
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D. Nyholm and Gillespie

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Ronald Nyholm and Ronald Gillespie developed the valence-shell electron-pair repulsion model further in 1957. The model relates molecular geometry to repulsions among electron domains around a central atom, including bonding and lone-pair domains. Their 1957 Inorganic stereochemistry publication documents this development.

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