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  2. Methane - Wikipedia

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    Methane (US: / ˈ m ɛ θ eɪ n / METH-ayn, UK: / ˈ m iː θ eɪ n / MEE-thayn) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CH 4 (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). It is a group-14 hydride, the simplest alkane, and the main constituent of natural gas.

  3. Single bond - Wikipedia

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    Single bonds are often seen in diatomic molecules. Examples of this use of single bonds include H 2, F 2, and HCl. Single bonds are also seen in molecules made up of more than two atoms. Examples of this use of single bonds include: Both bonds in H 2 O; All 4 bonds in CH 4; Single bonding even appears in molecules as complex as hydrocarbons ...

  4. Covalent bond - Wikipedia

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    A covalent bond forming H 2 (right) where two hydrogen atoms share the two electrons. A covalent bond is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms. These electron pairs are known as shared pairs or bonding pairs.

  5. Glossary of chemistry terms - Wikipedia

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    2 (right), is formed by a covalent bond when two single hydrogen atoms share two electrons between them. critical point The end point of a phase equilibrium curve or pressure - temperature curve at which conditions are such that phase boundaries vanish and a substance's different phases, such as liquid and vapor , can coexist.

  6. Tetrahedral molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    In the gas phase, a single water molecule has an oxygen atom surrounded by two hydrogens and two lone pairs, and the H 2 O geometry is simply described as bent without considering the nonbonding lone pairs. [citation needed] However, in liquid water or in ice, the lone pairs form hydrogen bonds with neighboring water molecules. The most common ...

  7. Methyl group - Wikipedia

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    It is a very stable group in most molecules. While the methyl group is usually part of a larger molecule, bonded to the rest of the molecule by a single covalent bond (−CH 3), it can be found on its own in any of three forms: methanide anion (CH − 3), methylium cation (CH + 3) or methyl radical (CH • 3).

  8. Molecule - Wikipedia

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    A covalent bond is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms. These electron pairs are termed shared pairs or bonding pairs , and the stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms, when they share electrons, is termed covalent bonding .

  9. Molecular orbital diagram - Wikipedia

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    The smallest molecule, hydrogen gas exists as dihydrogen (H-H) with a single covalent bond between two hydrogen atoms. As each hydrogen atom has a single 1s atomic orbital for its electron, the bond forms by overlap of these two atomic orbitals. In the figure the two atomic orbitals are depicted on the left and on the right.