Chemical Bonds
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Chemical Bonds:
"In a single bonded affair all the tetrahedra are joined to one another by one vertex. If two vertexes of the tetrahedra touch then it is called double bonding-- joined like a hinge. When three vertexes come together it is called a fixed bond, a three-point landing, triple-bonding. When we have four vertexes congruent then you have quadrivalent ... as if carbon suddenly became very dense like a diamond."
Citations
- OREGON Lecture #2 - p. 73, 2 Jul '62
