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Research: Science and Education
Lewis Structure Representation of Free Radicals Similar to ClO
Warren Hirsch and Mark Kobrak
Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889
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August 2007
Vol. 84 No. 8
p. 1360
Abstract
The free radical ClO and a series of its isoelectronic analogues were studied by a variety of computational methods to determine the configuration of the best Lewis structures. A significant issue in the analysis was that of spin density, which was observed in all cases to be greatest on the chalcogen species and to depend in magnitude on the electronegativity differences between the two atoms. A novel, but unconventional, Lewis structure is proposed to explain the properties of the molecules and the above trend.

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Hirsch, Warren; Kobrak, Mark. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 1360.
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Keywords
Atmospheric Chemistry; Chlorine; Computational Chemistry; Computer-Based Learning; Covalent Bonding; First-Year Undergraduate / General; Free Radicals; Graduate Education / Research; Inorganic Chemistry; Lewis Structures; MO Theory; Molecular Modeling; Physical Chemistry; Problem Solving / Decision Making; Upper-Division Undergraduate; Valence Bond Theory
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