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Title: What's a delta bond?
Post by: Winga on December 03, 2004, 06:41:30 AM

& any example?

Title: Re:What's delta bond?
Post by: Winga on December 03, 2004, 09:53:36 PM

I found a definition on web:

"A chemical bond with "sausage roll" shape formed by the sideways overlap of two d orbitals."

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Title: Re:What's a delta bond?
Post by: Mitch on December 04, 2004, 05:17:01 PM

They are bonds involving d-orbitals. They are quite common for metals.

Title: Re:What's a delta bond?
Post by: Winga on December 04, 2004, 10:45:04 PM

Quote from: Mitch on December 04, 2004, 05:17:01 PM

They are bonds involving d-orbitals. They are quite common for metals.

Is it only formed between metal atoms? How about a metal complex?

Title: Re:What's a delta bond?
Post by: Mitch on December 04, 2004, 10:53:45 PM

The complex would need d-orbitals