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    sextuple bond is a type of covalent bond involving 12 bonding electrons and in which the bond order is 6. The only known molecules with true sextuple...
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  • molecules, bond orders can be 4 (quadruple bond), 5 (quintuple bond) or even 6 (sextuple bond). For example, potassium octachlorodimolybdate salt (K4[Mo2Cl8])...
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  • In chemistry, valence bond (VB) theory is one of the two basic theories, along with molecular orbital (MO) theory, that were developed to use the methods...
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    diatomic species W2. These molecules feature a sextuple bond between tungsten atoms — the highest known bond order among stable atoms. In 1781, Carl Wilhelm...
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    with two unpaired electrons in bonding orbitals, in addition to 5 conventional bonds. The result is a sextuple bond. There are 39 known isotopes of molybdenum...
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  • Molecular orbital diagram (category Chemical bonding)
    molecule does not exist. Dimolybdenum (Mo2) is notable for having a sextuple bond. This involves two sigma bonds (4dz2 and 5s), two pi bonds (using 4dxz...
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  • suitable for the pairing of electrons to form chemical bonds in valence bond theory. For example, in a carbon atom which forms four single bonds, the...
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  • Valence (chemistry) (category Chemical bonding)
    to be three, quadruple bonds to be four, quintuple bonds to be five and sextuple bonds to be six. In most compounds, the valence of hydrogen is 1, of oxygen...
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    known in the gas phase. Ditungsten (W2) and dimolybdenum (Mo2) form with sextuple bonds in the gas phase. Dirubidium (Rb2) is diatomic. All other diatomic...
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  • Thumbnail for List of Olympic medallists for New Zealand
    female quadruple gold medallist: Lisa Carrington (2012, 2016, 2020) First sextuple medallist: Lisa Carrington (2012, 2016, 2020) First quintuple gold medallist:...
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