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Offline rshm15varma

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Directional character of bonds
« on: March 22, 2007, 01:08:48 AM »
Hi,I'm very uncomfortable with this "directional character of bonds".What does it exacylt mean?
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Re: Directional character of bonds
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2007, 02:04:38 AM »
I think its refering to the bond angles, molecular geometry. i.e. linear, bent, trigonal-planar, tetrahedral, trigonal-bipyramidal, octahedral. Have a look at VSEPR theory.
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