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Title: What's up with cyanimide's Lewis Structure?
Post by: Cone on November 19, 2021, 01:25:20 PM
Cyanimide has a nitrogen with three bonds but not quite so, because 2 of the three bonds are cut in half so, what's that? I don't really need a detailed answer. I just want to know what's that called so I can research it and study on my own.
Title: Re: What's up with cyanimide's Lewis Structure?
Post by: sjb on November 19, 2021, 02:06:48 PM
Not quite sure what you mean - have you an example picture to share?
Title: Re: What's up with cyanimide's Lewis Structure?
Post by: Nat360 on November 20, 2021, 04:13:25 PM
Cyanimide has a nitrogen with three bonds but not quite so, because 2 of the three bonds are cut in half so, what's that? I don't really need a detailed answer. I just want to know what's that called so I can research it and study on my own.
This one?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Cyanamide.gif)
Title: Re: What's up with cyanimide's Lewis Structure?
Post by: Orcio_87 on November 20, 2021, 04:45:00 PM
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Cyanimide has a nitrogen with three bonds but not quite so, because 2 of the three bonds are cut in half so, what's that? I don't really need a detailed answer. I just want to know what's that called so I can research it and study on my own.
Bonds are not cut, place where they are "cut" is the place of the carbon atom.

N≡C-NH2 is the correct formula.