If the molecular formula is CO2 and the bond angle total bond and electron pair is 180 degree/4. What is the bond pair, lone pairs, central element, and geometry?

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If the molecular formula is CO2 and the bond angle total bond and electron pair is 180 degree/4. What is the bond pair, lone pairs, central element, and geometry? 

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The carbon dioxide with the molecular formula of CO2 has two π-bonds and two σ-bond. The total number of electrons around the central atom carbon is 8 because each bond, π-bonds and σ-bond, has one electron pair (or two electrons in one bond). The molecular structure of CO2 is shown below.

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