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  2. Methane - Wikipedia

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    Methane is a tetrahedral molecule with four equivalent C–H bonds. Its electronic structure is described by four bonding molecular orbitals (MOs) resulting from the overlap of the valence orbitals on C and H. The lowest-energy MO is the result of the overlap of the 2s orbital on carbon with the in-phase combination of the 1s orbitals on the ...

  3. Covalent bond - Wikipedia

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    Covalent bond. 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. The stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms ...

  4. Tetrahedral molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    Tetrahedral molecular geometry. In a tetrahedral molecular geometry, a central atom is located at the center with four substituents that are located at the corners of a tetrahedron. The bond angles are cos −1 (− 1⁄3) = 109.4712206...° ≈ 109.5° when all four substituents are the same, as in methane (CH4) [1][2] as well as its heavier ...

  5. Molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    Molecular geometry. Geometry of the water molecule with values for O-H bond length and for H-O-H bond angle between two bonds. Molecular geometry is the three-dimensional arrangement of the atoms that constitute a molecule. It includes the general shape of the molecule as well as bond lengths, bond angles, torsional angles and any other ...

  6. Hydrocarbon - Wikipedia

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    Hydrocarbon. Ball-and-stick model of the methane molecule, CH 4. Methane is part of a homologous series known as the alkanes, which contain single bonds only. In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. [1]: 620 Hydrocarbons are examples of group 14 hydrides.

  7. Molecular orbital diagram - Wikipedia

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    A diatomic molecular orbital diagram is used to understand the bonding of a diatomic molecule. MO diagrams can be used to deduce magnetic properties of a molecule and how they change with ionization. They also give insight to the bond order of the molecule, how many bonds are shared between the two atoms.

  8. Methane (data page) - Wikipedia

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    The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. [1] ... Structure and properties Index of refraction, n D: 1. ... Methane vapor pressure vs ...

  9. Alkane - Wikipedia

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    Chemical structure of methane, the simplest alkane. In organic chemistry, an alkane, or paraffin (a historical trivial name that also has other meanings), is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon. In other words, an alkane consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a tree structure in which all the carbon–carbon bonds are single. [1]