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The bond parameters of ethane have been measured to high precision by microwave spectroscopy and electron diffraction: r C−C = 1.528(3) Å, r C−H = 1.088(5) Å, and ∠CCH = 111.6(5)° by microwave and r C−C = 1.524(3) Å, r C−H = 1.089(5) Å, and ∠CCH = 111.9(5)° by electron diffraction (the numbers in parentheses represents the ...
A bond between a hydrogen atom and an sp 2 hybridised carbon atom is about 0.6% shorter than between hydrogen and sp 3 hybridised carbon. A bond between hydrogen and sp hybridised carbon is shorter still, about 3% shorter than sp 3 C-H. This trend is illustrated by the molecular geometry of ethane, ethylene and acetylene. [citation needed]
The textbook explanation for the existence of the energy maximum for an eclipsed conformation in ethane is steric hindrance, but, with a C-C bond length of 154 pm and a Van der Waals radius for hydrogen of 120 pm, the hydrogen atoms in ethane are never in each other's way. The question of whether steric hindrance is responsible for the eclipsed ...
The Beeverses Miniature Models company in Edinburgh (now operating as Miramodus) produced small models beginning in 1961 [3] using PMMA balls and stainless steel rods. In these models, the use of individually drilled balls with precise bond angles and bond lengths enabled large crystal structures to be accurately created in a light and rigid form.
The grid is then plunged into a cryogen (typically liquid ethane) so efficiently such that water molecules do not have time to rearrange into a crystalline lattice. [3] The resulting water state is called "vitreous ice" and preserves native cellular structures, such as lipid membranes , that would normally be destroyed by freezing.
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[2] [3] The atoms in molecules, crystals, metals and other forms of matter are held together by chemical bonds, which determine the structure and properties of matter. All bonds can be described by quantum theory, but, in practice, simplified rules and other theories allow chemists to predict the strength, directionality, and polarity of bonds. [4]