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radicals
can someone elaborate on radicals? The TA went over them really quickly and I don't remember how she defined them.
Re: radicals
A radicals is a atom/molecule with a single unpaired valence electron. They contain an orbital valence orbital that only has one electron, not two. Radicals are highly reactive.
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Re: radicals
These atoms or molecules are found whenever the number of valence electrons is odd, leaving one unpaired valence electron.
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Re: radicals
sharonvivianv wrote:They are electrons that are not used while making bonds
I don’t think that is totally true. Lone pairs also are electrons that are not used “while making bonds.” But radicals are more specific, like what Emily said above, that radicals involve a single, unpaired valence electron.
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Bryan Jiang 1F wrote:sharonvivianv wrote:They are electrons that are not used while making bonds
I don’t think that is totally true. Lone pairs also are electrons that are not used “while making bonds.” But radicals are more specific, like what Emily said above, that radicals involve a single, unpaired valence electron.
What I meant was that they are not used up in a bond (the lines we draw to represent a bond). They are not shared or transferred when they are shown as lone pairs. Yes, they are not paired with anything.
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Re: radicals
does an atom have to give up or take an electron in order for it to be a radical? or if the valence shell has an odd number of electrons is it already considered a radical?
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Re: radicals
IM pretty sure whenever there is an odd number of electrons to distribute there will bw a radical, but I am not positive how to determine which element will be the radical.
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I don't think radicals are necessarily made from atoms giving up or gaining electrons. If they do that, they would make bonds. I think radicals are made because of combustion or if something breaks a bond. Some examples would be gas from a muffler or broken bonds because of UV rays.
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