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Nitrogen dioxide, or
More specifically, nitrogen dioxide has a total of 17 valence electrons - 5 from nitrogen and 6 from each of the two oxygen atoms that comprise the molecule.
Now, VSEPR Theory can be extended to accomodate odd-electron molecules. In this case, the nitrogen dioxide molecule is considered to have a
The molecule's geometry will still be closer to bent, but the bond angle will be larger than the ideal
The actual bond angle for nitrogen dioxide is