alkylidyne
chemical compound
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An alkylidyne is a trivalent radical derived from a saturated hydrocarbon by removing three hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom. For example, ethylidyne has the formula CH3C≡. In organometallic chemistry, alkylidyne ligands, such as methylidyne (CH) or ethylidyne (CCH3), bind to a metal via a triple bond (M≡C). This bonding involves one sigma bond and two pi bonds. Alkylidynes are distinct from alkylidenes, which are bivalent aliphatic radicals formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom of an alkane.123
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