One lone electron

[Dakota_Campbell_1C]

what is the significance of molecules that have just one electron on the central atom not a lone pair. How does that affect the shape?

[Chem_Mod]

The lone electron still repels the bonded electrons, just not as much as two lone electrons would. The lone electron still occupies area, but because it's less than a lone pair, the bond angle wouldn't be as distorted as much.

[g orloff 1J]

the lone atom acts as a lone pair, called a radical, and still repels but not as much as a full lone pair.

[Karan Thaker 2L]

I think for the purposes of this class, we were told to just treat radicals as having the same effect as lone pairs (which they do), just keeping in mind that they have the effect at a lower magnitude than a lone pair.