Questions tagged [bond]
For questions about chemical bonds (ionic/covalent/etc.), their properties (length, energy, angle, etc.) or their relation to other molecular properties (intermolecular forces/dipole moment/etc.). Do not confuse this tag with [lewis-structures], [dipole], [intermolecular-forces], etc.
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Reason for 19F NMR of OsO2F3 chemical shift
I have been learning that the $\ce{^{19}F}$-NMR spectrum of $\ce{[OsO2F3]^+}$ cation shows two sets of signals. There is a doublet and a triplet which accurately depicts that there are two axial ...
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Why do discrete states of matter exist as opposed to a continuous spectrum?
Why is it that bonds are broken at certain temperatures (melting and boiling points) only, that thermal energy is converted to kinetic energy at all other temperatures (and not potential energy)? This ...
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what really happens when an electron pair is shared in a bond?
I've never been able to understand how bonding between two atoms works.
When two atoms share an electron pair, does it mean the valence electrons of both atoms stop revolving in their shells and stop ...
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What type of interaction in a π-complex?
From Beyer-Walter Lehrbuch der Organischen Chemie, 24. Ed., P.72:
We have Ethene interacting with an electrophile $\ce{X+}$ with 2 different options:
The short living formation of an π-complex, ...
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Why is silicon dioxide a network solid while sulfur dioxide is a molecular gas
In my understanding sulfur dioxide’s Lewis structure has one lone pair on the centre atom (sulfur) with one pi bond to each oxygen atom, while silicon cannot form these silicon-oxygen pi bonds. Both ...
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