Referring to the most stable Lewis dot structure of CH2F2, what is its molecular geometry?

Referring to the most stable Lewis dot structure of CH2F2, what is its molecular geometry?

a. Bent

b. Tetrahedral

c. Trigonal planar

d. Seesaw

Answer. a. Bent

After putting CH2F2 spatially to its most stable Lewis dot structure, it gets bent moleculary; which means the bent molecule. In methylene fluoride, the carbon atom is at the center where hydrogen atoms form the two single bonds with them and the fluorine atoms also share two single bonds with carbon. As per VSEPR theory, the molecular geometry can be only explained by an arrangement of electron pairs around a central atom and it directly depends upon them.

When the carbon atom in this situation binds to four electron pairs and no lone pairs, the molecule is fastest on mobility. This arrangement of the four electron pairs around a central atom forms a tetrahedral geometry, which, in turn, becomes a distorted one by the presence of two symmetrical groups at the two positions of the carbon. Therefore, CHF2P2 is standing bent with about 109.5 degrees between the hydrogens.