a pair of valency electrons of opposite spin that are not shared between the atoms in a molecule and are responsible for the formationof coordinate bonds
Examples of 'lone pair' in a sentence
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The calculations also point to a significant lone pair effect on the bismuth ion.
Shijing Sun, Satoshi Tominaka, Jung-Hoon Lee, Fei Xie, Paul D. Bristowe, Anthony K.Cheetham 2016, 'Synthesis, crystal structure, and properties of a perovskite-related bismuth phase,(NH4)3Bi2I9', APL Materialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4943680. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Stereoelectronic effects due to lone pair orientation can lead to variation of binding constants by orders of magnitude.
Hans-Jörg Schneider 2015, 'Limitations and Extensions of the Lock-and-Key Principle: Differences between GasState, Solution and Solid State Structures', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/16/4/6694. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hydrogen bonding, donor-acceptor and cation-lone pair electron simple models were employed in evaluating the performance of computational methods.
Yatimah Alias, Mohd Rais Ahmad, Sharifuddin Md Zain, Vannajan Sanghiran Lee, NinieSuhana Abdul Manan, Pei Meng Woi, Ahmad Nazmi Rosli, Maizathul Akmam Abu Bakar 2013, 'G3 Assisted Rational Design of Chemical Sensor Array Using Carbonitrile Neutral Receptors',Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/10/13835. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)