... rather than shared like bonding electron groups • relative sizes of repulsive force interactions is: Lone Pair – Lone Pair > Lone Pair – Bonding Pair > Bonding Pair – Bonding Pair • this effects ... the skeletal arrangement of the atoms the kind of bonding between the atoms ionic, polar covalent, or covalent the shape of the molecule • bonding theory should allow you to predict the shapes ... Chemistry, Julia Burdge, 2nd e., McGraw Hill 27 Effect of Lone Pairs The bonding electrons are shared by two atoms, nonbonding electrons are localized on the central atom, so area of charge is...