Double Bonds

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zoepamonag4C
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Double Bonds

Postby zoepamonag4C » Fri Nov 23, 2018 1:57 pm

Can double bonds have both sigma and pi bonds?

gillianozawa4I
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Re: Double Bonds

Postby gillianozawa4I » Fri Nov 23, 2018 2:01 pm

Yes, double bonds consist of one sigma and one pi bond. The pi bond is the "second" bond in the double bond.

Caitlin_Murphy_3C
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Re: Double Bonds

Postby Caitlin_Murphy_3C » Fri Nov 23, 2018 2:04 pm

Yes, here is a rule of thumb:
a single bond has one sigma bond
a double bond has one sigma and one pi bond
a triple bond has one sigma and two pi bonds

Alex Alonso - 4F
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Re: Double Bonds

Postby Alex Alonso - 4F » Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:32 pm

Yes, the sigma bond is the first bond and the pi bond(s) are the second and/or third bonds

JT Wechsler 2B
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Re: Double Bonds

Postby JT Wechsler 2B » Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:10 pm

Double bonds have both a sigma bond and a pi bond. The way that this works is that the first bond (the single bond) in the molecule is a sigma bond. All bonds after that are pi bonds.

Nicholas Le 4H
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Re: Double Bonds

Postby Nicholas Le 4H » Sat Nov 24, 2018 11:21 pm

Yes, double bonds consist of one sigma bond and one pi bond.

Krista Mercado 1B
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Re: Double Bonds

Postby Krista Mercado 1B » Sun Nov 25, 2018 2:56 am

Yes. With multiple bonds, there is only one sigma-bond and each additional bond is a pi-bond. For a double bond there is one sigma-bond and one pi-bond.

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Re: Double Bonds

Postby yuetao4k » Sun Nov 25, 2018 10:00 pm

Double bonds have a sigma and a pi bond!

Jacqueline Duong 1H
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Re: Double Bonds

Postby Jacqueline Duong 1H » Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:41 pm

A double bond has 1 sigma bond and 1 pi bond.

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Re: Double Bonds

Postby 404982241 » Sun Dec 09, 2018 11:33 pm

one sigma bond by default, and a pi bond because its a double


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