Bond Length

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AlexandraZuniga1L
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Bond Length

Postby AlexandraZuniga1L » Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:15 pm

Are longer bonds the weaker bonds that are easily broken and more involved in a reaction?

spark99
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Re: Bond Length

Postby spark99 » Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:17 pm

Yes, bond length and bond strength usually have a correlation. The longer the bond, the weaker the bond; The shorter the bond, the stronger the bond.

Carine Tamamian 2B
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Re: Bond Length

Postby Carine Tamamian 2B » Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:31 pm

Yes that's right, also I wanted to add that a single bond will be longer than a double bond, and the double bond will be longer than the triple: all because multiple bonds will be shorter. The stronger the bond, the shorter length, and the stronger the attraction.

Marwan Masri 3B
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Re: Bond Length

Postby Marwan Masri 3B » Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:36 pm

longer bond = weaker bond
shorter bond = stronger bond

Cade Okohira 4K
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Re: Bond Length

Postby Cade Okohira 4K » Sun Nov 25, 2018 1:30 pm

This correlation also goes along with the amount of bonding occurring: so single bonds are the weakest and longest, while triple bonds are the strongest and shortest.

104904344
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Re: Bond Length

Postby 104904344 » Sun Nov 25, 2018 1:45 pm

And sigma bonds are stronger than pi bonds, right?

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Re: Bond Length

Postby KarlaArevalo2F » Sun Nov 25, 2018 7:29 pm

104904344 wrote:And sigma bonds are stronger than pi bonds, right?
yes due to the larger amount of overlap between the two orbitals


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