The Periodic Table

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2:37 AM

@LordStryker, @Dissenter Researcher at day, working on enlightenment at night...

I can now tell you, enlightenment is not in a bottle of beer, but it's pretty close to that, I am absolutely sure of it. Worst thing however is, that you often forget your research data the next day and you have to do it all over again.

Dissenter

2:53 AM

Uh oh

@Martin have you heard of charge-shift bonding

Martin

@Dissenter nope, never heard of it...

Dissenter

Oh lol I posted about it; the link is a message or two above

Basically "large ionic resonance energy" involved in bonding

I think

Martin

Yes I read it, sounds interesting. I'll have to read more about it...

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Dissenter

2:11 PM

Just posted another theoretical chemistry question regarding C-S bond lengths; expecting a Matrix level answer from ron

@LordStryker the main argument my prof has against one paper I showed him about bond angles in nitrous acid was that the studied mixture of gases was 99% something else and <1% nitrous acid.

Is this a valid issue?

The mixture wasn't pure nitrous acid because I don't think it was stable enough to be 100% nitrous

LordStryker

@Dissenter to be honest i'm not entirely sure. I don't know enough about nitrous acid and its stability in the gas state. Perhaps nitrous acid needs a carrier gas for safe and appropriate detection. But again I dont know.

Nick

2:41 PM

Hydrogen Iodide, Bromine Oxides!

How do I dissolve a large chunk of metal?

conc. HCl and heating? is that enough?

@ManishEarth: hola señor. ¿Cómo estás?

ManishEarth

Estoy bien

@Nick usually, yes

Nick

@ManishEarth: Do I have to heat it long? The stuff I have is Ferratic Stainless Steel

ManishEarth

@Nick uh, not sure. Stainless steel contains more chemicals to prevent corrosion

chemicals or something

Nick

@ManishEarth: lol, ok, let's just consider the iron-chromium alloy without the nasty stuff.

I wanna see it dissolve.

(with chemicals in my school lab ofcourse)

:D Maybe I should just do a rain dance and let the acid from the clouds take care of it.

Maybe I'll ask it on main. Hopefully, I wouldn't be too vague.

;/ Maybe I will

4 hours later…

Dissenter

6:40 PM

When man thinks of one resonance contributor, God (ron) thinks of another four).

Q: Carbon-Sulfur Bond Lengths; Resonance Effects (Or Lack Thereof)

Why is the C-S bond in $\ce{CH_2SH^-}$ longer than in $\ce{CH_3SH}$? Wouldn't there be resonance in the former, forcing the C-S bond to contract? http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/v75-431 Also while we're at it are there any non ab initio calculations/empirical studies on thi...