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  2. Chemical polarity - Wikipedia

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    A molecule is composed of one or more chemical bonds between molecular orbitals of different atoms. A molecule may be polar either as a result of polar bonds due to differences in electronegativity as described above, or as a result of an asymmetric arrangement of nonpolar covalent bonds and non-bonding pairs of electrons known as a full ...

  3. Inductive effect - Wikipedia

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    In benzoic acid, the carbon atoms which are present in the ring are sp 2 hybridised. As a result, benzoic acid ( pK a =4.20 ) is a stronger acid than cyclohexanecarboxylic acid ( pK a =4.87 ). Also, in aromatic carboxylic acids, electron-withdrawing groups substituted at the ortho and para positions can enhance the acid strength.

  4. Carbon–oxygen bond - Wikipedia

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    A carbon–oxygen bond is a polar covalent bond between atoms of carbon and oxygen. [1] [2] [3]: 16–22 Carbon–oxygen bonds are found in many inorganic compounds such as carbon oxides and oxohalides, carbonates and metal carbonyls, [4] and in organic compounds such as alcohols, ethers, and carbonyl compounds.

  5. Polarizability - Wikipedia

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    In atoms, this occurs because larger atoms have more loosely held electrons in contrast to smaller atoms with tightly bound electrons. [9] [10] On rows of the periodic table, polarizability therefore decreases from left to right. [9] Polarizability increases down on columns of the periodic table. [9]

  6. Molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    For four atoms bonded together in a chain, the torsional angle is the angle between the plane formed by the first three atoms and the plane formed by the last three atoms. 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.

  7. Umpolung - Wikipedia

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    In organic chemistry, umpolung (German: [ˈʔʊmˌpoːlʊŋ]) or polarity inversion is the chemical modification of a functional group with the aim of the reversal of polarity of that group. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This modification allows secondary reactions of this functional group that would otherwise not be possible. [ 3 ]

  8. Carbon–fluorine bond - Wikipedia

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    The carbon–fluorine bond is a polar covalent bond between carbon and fluorine that is a component of all organofluorine compounds. It is one of the strongest single bonds in chemistry (after the B–F single bond, Si–F single bond, and H–F single bond), and relatively short, due to its partial ionic character.

  9. Tetrahedral molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    Geometrical constraints in a molecule can cause a severe distortion of idealized tetrahedral geometry. In compounds featuring "inverted" tetrahedral geometry at a carbon atom, all four groups attached to this carbon are on one side of a plane. [6] The carbon atom lies at or near the apex of a square pyramid with the other four groups at the ...