double bond: Quick Facts

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Molecules with double bonds

Diagram showing two ways to represent a double bond: the top illustration depicts two atoms connected by two bonding pairs of electrons, while the bottom shows the same atoms linked by a single superpair of electrons.

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Joseph Loschmidt

Austrian chemist