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How will you account for the 104.5° bond angle in water?

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This is a short answer type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar

In water hybridisation of oxygen is sp³. Angle should be109^o (approx.) but due to LP - LP repulsion bond angle reduces to 104.5°.

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