Quadruple Bond?

[Steven Tjandra 1B]

Hello,

Is such a thing as a quadruple bond possible? And if so, why it so rarely seen?

Curious,
Steven Tjandra

[Kyle Hetherton]

The second and third bonds go above and below the atom. For a 4th bond to occur, it would need to be behind the atom, opposite to the first bond, making it energetically unfeasible. This can exist, however, the other three bonds need to be tremendously bent which makes it very uncommon.

[406169222]

Quadruple bonds are possible; they are made up of one sigma bond, 2 pi bonds, and a delta bond. The delta bond resembles the d orbitals because it has two nodes, I think. My best guess at why quadruple bonds are rare is that the unhybridized d-orbitals have to match up in a very specific way for the delta bond to form. Also, d orbitals are not ever really available for bonding.

[Jasmin 2C]

There is a such thing as a quadruple bond but they are extremely rare because the electrons in the bond would repel each other so strongly that in most cases it in impossible.