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Can someone explain exactly how weird it is? It sounds like a monster was created but I don’t really understand its properties beyond it being very acidic (?)
by jquery 4y ago
Can someone explain exactly how weird it is? It sounds like a monster was created but I don’t really understand its properties beyond it being very acidic (?)
- devilbunny 4y agoYou have a sterically strained carbon structure (it does NOT want to make a cube). Then you saturate it with the one of the most aggressive atoms in existence, all without blowing up the carbon structure or your lab. That molecule would really like to blow up.
- thfuran 4y agoAnd then you stuff a spare electron in the middle for good measure.
- devilbunny 4y agoIt's probably happier that way, honestly. Like how fluorine is an insanely reactive species, and fluoride is pretty chill. Like he says, all those fluorine nuclei are pulling the electrons in the C-F bonds waaaay over to their side, leaving the inside of the molecule relatively positive. Think of the hydrogen bonding you see between water molecules, but on steroids.