Biradical vs Lone Pair
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Biradical vs Lone Pair
What's the difference between a biradical and a molecule where one atom has a lone pair on it?
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Re: Biradical vs Lone Pair
Biradicals have two unpaired electrons, meaning each electron is in a different orbital. An atom with a lone pair has two electrons in the same orbital.
Re: Biradical vs Lone Pair
A biradical is a molecule with two unpaired electrons and a lone pair is when two valence electrons that aren't part of bonding for an atom. For a biradical, the two unpaired electrons on usually on different atoms.
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Re: Biradical vs Lone Pair
Lone pair refers to valence e- that aren't shared with another atom. Biradical refers two unpaired electrons
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