Lone pair vs radical

[Melody Haratian 2J]

Hi guys!
For a molecule, if it had a single electron unbounded instead of a lone pair of electrons being unbounded, how big of an effect would that have on the molecule’s bond angles.

[TrishaP_3E]

I'm not entirely sure, but my guess would be that repulsion would be less, as there is less magnitude of negative charge to repel other electrons attached to atoms.

[Taylor K 2D]

I'm not entirely sure, but my guess would be that repulsion would be less, as there is less magnitude of negative charge to repel other electrons attached to atoms.

I would agree with this. With one less electron, the repulsion will probably be less as the charge cloud is smaller than if there were a full lone pair.

[605291562]

Hi! I agree with what has already been said, I think that there would still be an effect and repulsion but it would have a smaller electron cloud and therefor less of an effect on the shape.