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8.6
Symbols used to describe molecules
 
  At the end of Chapter 7 (Atoms), we showed diagrams of the theoretical size comparisons of atoms to one another. e.g.  
 
Hydrogen Carbon Nitrogen Sulfur
(Bond) (Base) (Bond) (Base)
 
  As we explained previously, ALL atoms form some sort of molecules and ALL molecules are 3 dimensional structures. To make the task of describing 3D structures easier to complete using the 2 dimensional format of ink on paper, the following symbols are used to denote side-on views of molecular bonds.  
  1 Carbon + 2 Hydrogen  
  (side on) (above)  
  1 Nitrogen + 2 Hydrogen  
  (side on) (above)  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 

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