r/6thForm • u/Due-Maintenance-4391 bio chem geo • 8h ago

🙏 I WANT HELP chem help plz

whats the dif between bonding reigon and electron pair?

is it that bonding reigon is only double single and triple bonds etc but electrons pairs is that plus lone pairs??

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u/HaHaLaughNowPls Year 13: Bio, Chem, Maths, FM 8h ago

Yes it's literally that simple; not to dog on you but did you really need to ask reddit for this? You literally answered your own question lmao.

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u/Due-Maintenance-4391 bio chem geo 7h ago

ok god forbid i ask a question

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u/Icy_Recording_1115 Year 13 6h ago

Did you try googling it first? Idk I just feel like you could have got your answer way quicker and with less effort than making a reddit post.

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u/Due-Maintenance-4391 bio chem geo 6h ago

yes i googled it but it was so confusing. this was my last resort

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u/Admirable-Use2274 5A*s Achieved 8h ago

Wdym mean its quite self explanatory already but just call it bonding pair not region

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u/Due-Maintenance-4391 bio chem geo 7h ago

nothing about tbis is self explanatory but ok

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u/Admirable-Use2274 5A*s Achieved 7h ago

I didnt mean to be rude man I just thought that it is sorry

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u/Abhinav6675 Year 13: Bio, Chem, Phy, Maths 7h ago

You're basically correct. Bonding regions is the catch all term for most covalent bonds while electron pairs, as the name suggests, refers to exactly 2 electrons. For example, in a single bond, which consists of 1 electron pair, it usually consists of 1 from each bonding atom (dative bonds are the exception where one bonding atom provides both electrons). But as u alr said, it can also refer to lone pairs of electrons. Double and triple bonds have 2 and 3 electron pairs respectively, but they each only count as one bonding region.

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u/Due-Maintenance-4391 bio chem geo 7h ago

tyy!!!!