Does bond length affect bond angle?
Considering this, is bond angle inversely proportional to bond length?
Bond order and length are inversely proportional to each other: when bond order is increased, bond length is decreased.
Regarding this, how does bond angle affect stability?
Lone pair repulsion: Bond angle is affected by the presence of lone pair of electrons at the central atom. Due to this, the bonds are displaced slightly inside resulting in a decrease of bond angle. Electronegativity: If the electronegativity of the central atom decreases, bond angle decreases.
The length of the bond is determined by the number of bonded electrons (the bond order). The higher the bond order, the stronger the pull between the two atoms and the shorter the bond length. Generally, the length of the bond between two atoms is approximately the sum of the covalent radii of the two atoms.