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Topic starter 11/04/2022 7:21 pm
Hello, I wanted to clarify, in the triplet oxygen molecule there is a single bond between the atoms, and in the singlet there is a double bond?
13/04/2022 12:00 am
It doesn't seem right to me. Singlet oxygen is way more active then triplet one (triplet is the basic state of the arom). Therefore singlet form must have more unbounded electrons
Topic starter 14/04/2022 12:26 am
@amalgama In the singlet form, there is an electron pair in one orbit, the second remains vacant
Topic starter 02/05/2022 8:14 pm
Who can explain about the order of bonds in singlet and triplet oxygen?
23/06/2022 4:33 am
Usually it's a triplet with one full σ bond plus two π half-bonds, each half-bond accounted for by two-center three-electron (2c-3e) bonding. Never mind. I lived so happily without three-electron bonds in oxygen until now...