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Triple bond
Chemical bond involving six bonding electrons; one sigma plus two pi bonds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A triple bond in chemistry is a chemical bond between two atoms involving six bonding electrons instead of the usual two in a covalent single bond. Triple bonds are stronger than the equivalent single bonds or double bonds, with a bond order of three. The most common triple bond is in a nitrogen N2 molecule; the second most common is that between two carbon atoms, which can be found in alkynes. Other functional groups containing a triple bond are cyanides and isocyanides. Some diatomic molecules, such as diphosphorus[1] and carbon monoxide, are also triple bonded. In skeletal formulae the triple bond is drawn as three parallel lines (≡) between the two connected atoms.[2][3][4]
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acetylene, H−C≡C−H | cyanogen, N≡C−C≡N | carbon monoxide, C≡O |
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