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electron-deficient bond
A single bond between adjacent atoms that is formed by less than two electrons, as in B2H6:
E01985
The B–H–B bonds are called a 'two-electron three-centre bonds'.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077 (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1110
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/E01985.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/E01985.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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