KnowraBent's ruleLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Bent's rule, each with the reason it gives.All 9Related 7Compared with 2Lone pairRelated: Orbital character in bonds and lone pairs can shift according to the attached atoms.Bond angleRelated: Unequal orbital character helps explain deviations from idealized bond angles.VSEPR theoryRelated: It helps explain bond-angle trends that simple VSEPR predictions do not capture.Hybrid orbitalRelated: It shows why fixed textbook hybrid labels can oversimplify real bonding.Trigonal planar molecular geometryRelated: It refines idealized hybrid-orbital descriptions when substituents differ.Trigonal pyramidal molecular geometryRelated: It helps explain why substituent identity can shift bond angles from the simple lone-pair model.Orbital hybridisationRelated: It refines simple equivalent-hybrid pictures for bonds to different substituents.