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  2. Resonance (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    Contributing structures of the carbonate ion. In chemistry, resonance, also called mesomerism, is a way of describing bonding in certain molecules or polyatomic ions by the combination of several contributing structures (or forms, [1] also variously known as resonance structures or canonical structures) into a resonance hybrid (or hybrid structure) in valence bond theory.

  3. Nitro compound - Wikipedia

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    The structure of an organic nitro compound. In organic chemistry, nitro compounds are organic compounds that contain one or more nitro functional groups (−NO 2). The nitro group is one of the most common explosophores (functional group that makes a compound explosive) used globally. The nitro group is also strongly electron-withdrawing.

  4. Nitromethane - Wikipedia

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    Nitromethane, sometimes shortened to simply "nitro", is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH 3 NO 2.It is the simplest organic nitro compound.It is a polar liquid commonly used as a solvent in a variety of industrial applications such as in extractions, as a reaction medium, and as a cleaning solvent.

  5. Mesomeric effect - Wikipedia

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    It is defined as the polarity produced in the molecule by the interaction of two pi bonds or between a pi bond and lone pair of electrons present on an adjacent atom. [1] This change in electron arrangement results in the formation of resonance structures that hybridize into the molecule's true structure. The pi electrons then move away from or ...

  6. Natural resonance theory - Wikipedia

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    [1] [3] Once NRT has generated a set of density operators, Γ α, for localized resonance structures, α, a least-squares variational functional is employed to quantify the resonance weights of each structure. [1] It does this by measuring the variational error, δ w, of the linear combination of resonance structures to the true density ...

  7. Pauling's principle of electroneutrality - Wikipedia

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    There are two possible structures for hydrogen cyanide, HCN and CNH, differing only as to the position of the hydrogen atom. The structure with hydrogen attached to nitrogen, CNH, leads to formal charges of -1 on carbon and +1 on nitrogen, which would be partially compensated for by the electronegativity of nitrogen and Pauling calculated the net charges on H, N and C as -0.79, +0.75 and +0.04 ...

  8. Chemical polarity - Wikipedia

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    These effects add as vectors to make the overall molecule polar. A polar molecule has a net dipole as a result of the opposing charges (i.e. having partial positive and partial negative charges) from polar bonds arranged asymmetrically. Water (H 2 O) is an example of a polar molecule since it has a slight positive charge on one side and a ...

  9. 1,3-dipole - Wikipedia

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    They are reactants in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions. [1] [2] The dipole has at least one resonance structure with positive and negative charges having a 1,3 relationship which can generally be denoted as + a−b−c −, where a may be a carbon, oxygen or nitrogen, b may be nitrogen or oxygen, and c may be a carbon, oxygen or nitrogen. [3]