Radicals

[Sophia Bozone 2G]

Can you assume a molecule will be radical if its atoms have an odd number of valence elctorns between themselves?

[Rachel Formaker 1E]

As a general rule, yes, an odd number of valence electrons in a molecule means the molecule will be a radical.

[Veronica Rasmusen 2B]

Most often, yes. With an odd number of electrons, there will be one electron ending up without a pair.

[Sophia Bozone 2G]

Most often, yes. With an odd number of electrons, there will be one electron ending up without a pair.

Thank you of this illuminating knowledge benevolent sir :-*

[Veronica Rasmusen 2B]

Most often, yes. With an odd number of electrons, there will be one electron ending up without a pair.

Thank you of this illuminating knowledge benevolent sir :-*

Why welcome fair kind maiden, hath 14a been treating thee kindly?

[Sophia Bozone 2G]

Most often, yes. With an odd number of electrons, there will be one electron ending up without a pair.

Thank you of this illuminating knowledge benevolent sir :-*

Why welcome fair kind maiden, hath 14a been treating thee kindly?

14a hath been a journey of the soul, down to my innermost electron (teehee). It is the deepest desire of the depths of my heart that 14a sings sweet, cozy, lyrics as you drift down the path of enlightenment.

[alyssawhite1L]

How do you know which atom in a molecule will have the radical, for example like in ClO

[Chem_Mod]

Give an octet to the atoms with higher electronegativity and less than an octet (radical) on an atom with lower electronegativity.