Square Planar

[Henry Krasner 1C]

I get that when there are 4 bonds and 1 lone pair, the shape is going to be a seesaw. However, in what situation would the shape be square planar?

[Camille Marangi 2E]

Square planar molecular geometry occurs when there are 4 atoms and 2 lone pairs bonded around the central atom

[AngelaZ 1J]

If the electron geometry is an octahedral and there are 2 lone pairs, then the molecular shape will be square planar.

[Andreana Vetus 1A]

It is also important to remember that there has to be 6 regions of electron density in order for there to be a square planar shape. That is, it is different from tetrahedrals, though they will look similar.

[Jordan Lo 2A]

Are all square planar structures polar unless they have 4 of the same type of atom?

[Keshav Bhatnagar 1H]

Try to think about it logically. Square planar has 6 electron densities with 2 densities being lone pairs and the other 4 being atoms with electrons. Lone pairs have the most repulsion and electrons want to be as far away as possible, so the preferred shape would be square planar with bond angles of 90 or less.