An electron-counting approach relating skeletal electron pairs to a cluster vertex count . A closo deltahedron has pairs; nido and arachno frameworks have and . The count excludes electrons in externally directed bonds or lone pairs. It is a structural guide with a defined domain, not a rule that every molecule with the same total valence count has the same shape.
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Polyhedral Skeletal Electron Pair Theory, often abbreviated as PSEPT, is a theoretical framework used in chemistry to understand and predict the geometry and bonding of molecular structures, particularly in coordination chemistry and related areas. It is an extension and modification of the more widely known Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory.