triple bond

American

noun

Chemistry.

a chemical linkage consisting of three covalent bonds between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by three lines or six dots, as CH≡CH or CH⋮⋮CH.

triple bond British

noun

a type of chemical bond consisting of three distinct covalent bonds linking two atoms in a molecule

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Atmospheric nitrogen consists of N2 molecules, which are very unreactive due to the strong nitrogen-nitrogen triple bond.

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Carbon atoms 2 and 3 are involved in the triple bond, so they have linear geometries and would be classified as sp hybrids.

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A single, double, or triple bond counts as one region of electron density.

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The two carbon atoms of acetylene are thus bound together by one σ bond and two π bonds, giving a triple bond.

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So has the triple, bond been—I will not say knit again, but—recognized anew.

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