Nightnlight1 t1_j5cak0y wrote on January 21, 2023 at 11:28 PM

Reply to comment by PD_31 in Why cant C2 exist, if carbon is tetra valent and forms bonds with other carbon atoms ( not 4 though) ? by [deleted]

I know about orbitals and now I wonder why wiki is showing only 2 bounds then?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomic_carbon

I googled this some days ago because of the comet and thought more of an radical, besides the two bonds, even though this doesn't make much sense. Or maybe they're delocalized?

Indemnity4 t1_j5hlrr1 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 1:34 AM

Better image of C2 quadruple bond. The molecular orbitals look impossible to a chemist, but that's more a function of how we represent images.

Nightnlight1 t1_j5ig0xv wrote on January 23, 2023 at 5:37 AM

That's super cool, thank you!