Issue 15, 1980
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Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

The structure of singlet carbene molecules

Linus Pauling  

Abstract

Application of the principles of chemical bonding to the problem of the structure of singlet carbenes CX2 leads to bent structures for X = F, OH, and NH2, and linear structures for X = Li, BeH, and BH2, in agreement with the ab initio calculations recently reported by Schoeller; these structures involve double bonds, with transfer of an electron from X to C for the first set and from C to X for the second, and the bond angle is determined by the availability of orbitals, not the electronegativity difference of C and X, which, however, helps to determine the stability of the carbene.

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https://doi.org/10.1039/C39800000688
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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1980, 688-689

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The structure of singlet carbene molecules

L. Pauling, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1980, 688 DOI: 10.1039/C39800000688

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