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  2. Octet rule - Wikipedia

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    The bonding in carbon dioxide (CO 2): all atoms are surrounded by 8 electrons, fulfilling the octet rule.. The octet rule is a chemical rule of thumb that reflects the theory that main-group elements tend to bond in such a way that each atom has eight electrons in its valence shell, giving it the same electronic configuration as a noble gas.

  3. Valence (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    In some molecules, there is a difference between valence and oxidation state for a given atom. For example, in disulfur decafluoride molecule S 2 F 10, each sulfur atom has 6 valence bonds (5 single bonds with fluorine atoms and 1 single bond with the other sulfur atom). Thus, each sulfur atom is hexavalent or has valence 6, but has oxidation ...

  4. Quintuple bond - Wikipedia

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    Among the five bonds present between the metal centers, one is a sigma bond, two are pi bonds, and two are delta bonds. The σ-bond is the result of mixing between the d z 2 orbital on each metal center. The first π-bond comes from mixing of the d yz orbitals from each metal while the other π-bond comes from the d xz orbitals

  5. Lewis structure - Wikipedia

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    When Be is bonded with 2 other atoms, or when B and Al are bonded with 3 other atoms, they do not form full valence shells. Assume single bonds and use the actual bond number to calculate lone pairs. Expanded Octet (only occurs for elements in Groups 3-8) Bond calculation will provide too few bonds for the number of atoms in the molecule.

  6. Chemical bond - Wikipedia

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    A chemical bond is an attraction between atoms. This attraction may be seen as the result of different behaviors of the outermost or valence electrons of atoms. These behaviors merge into each other seamlessly in various circumstances, so that there is no clear line to be drawn between them.

  7. Molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    There exists a mathematical relationship among the bond angles for one central atom and four peripheral atoms (labeled 1 through 4) expressed by the following determinant. This constraint removes one degree of freedom from the choices of (originally) six free bond angles to leave only five choices of bond angles.

  8. Cyclic compound - Wikipedia

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    none of the atoms are carbon (inorganic cyclic compounds), [2] or where; both carbon and non-carbon atoms are present (heterocyclic compounds with rings containing both carbon and non-carbon). Common atoms can (as a result of their valences) form varying numbers of bonds, and many

  9. Pnictogen - Wikipedia

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    Formation of multiple bonds is facilitated by their five valence electrons, as the octet rule permits a pnictogen to accept three electrons on covalent bonding. As 5 > 3, it leaves two unused electrons in a lone pair unless there is a positive charge around (like in [NH 4 ] + ).