Radicals [ENDORSED]
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Re: Radicals
Or if you look at the lewis structure an see an electron attached that is not in a pair, you can conclude that the structure is a radical.
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This means that one electron is not part of a lone pair making the atom unstable. The instability makes the radical so harmful.
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Re: Radicals
Are there any elements that cannot only have one electron attached? Or are there any that are more likely to have just one in a lewis structure?
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This might be slightly out of topic but why is the fact that radical is highly reactive makes radicals harmful?
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Re: Radicals
Kalsuda Lapborisuth 1B wrote:This might be slightly out of topic but why is the fact that radical is highly reactive makes radicals harmful?
One reason is because radicals have one odd electron that wants to be paired with another electron, so it'll take electrons from anything, including dna or amino acids.
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