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Organic Chemistry

Benzyne

Benzynes, also known as Arynes, are highly reactive intermediates formed in organic chemistry aromatic reactions. It is identified as containing a triple bond between two adjacent carbons of the benzene ring. One crucial difference separates Benzyne from Benzene...

Structural Formulas

Structural formulas are used to display covalently bonded molecules in the order they are bonded. The atoms may bond using single, double, or triple bonds. Some structural formulas show only the atoms without displaying the complete structure with bond angles and, in some cases, even the bonds.

Conformation

The different spatial arrangements organic molecules adopt due to the rotation of the single bond are called conformations. A specific conformation is called a conformer or conformational isomer. 

Many such conformational isomers are undoubtedly interconvertible by single bond rotations. So, these isomers are simply different rotational (or structural) arrangements of the same molecule.

Electronegativity

Electronegativity measures on a scale of 0.8 – 4 an atom’s or group of atoms’ tendency to attract the bond electron pair towards itself, thereby creating partial negative (δ-) and positive (δ+) terminals.