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HETEROVALENT HYPERCONJUGATION [1 record]

Record 1 1998-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
CONT

... heterovalent or sacrificial hyperconjugation, so named because the contributing structure contains one two-electron bond less than the normal Lewis formula for toluene.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
OBS

[...] [lorsque] la structure limite associée comprend une liaison à deux électrons de moins que la formule de Lewis normale, on parle parfois d'«hyperconjugaison hétérovalente» ou d'«hyperconjugaison à covalence sacrifiée».

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