The 4th Dimension

[Bijan Mehdizadeh 1B]

Hi, I know this is a bit of an odd question, but I was always curious whether or not chemical structures can be expressed in 4-D. For example, trigonal planar can be expressed as a 2-D model, and trigonal pyramidal can be expressed as a 3-D model. I know the concept of the 4th dimension is still up for debate, but if anyone has any theories or insight as to what a 4th dimensional chemical structure would look like if it did exist, please let me know. This has always been intriguing to me. Thanks!

[Shubham Rai 2C]

This question is quite interesting and really got me thinking. Personally, I don't think chemical structures can be expressed in 4-D. The reasoning for my thinking is because all these chemical structures exist in our world and thus must be bound by the 3-D model of our world. Even if there were 4-D models, it would be difficult to imagine them and they would definitely have an interesting and unique structure and properties compared to the 3-D models we have right now.