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Modelos para o carbono sp³: quatro pirâmides no tetraedro
1998; Brazilian Chemical Society; Volume: 21; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0100-40421998000500022
ISSN1678-7064
AutoresMaurício Gomes Constantino, Altamiro Xavier de Souza,
Tópico(s)Chemistry Education and Research
ResumoTHE TETRAHEDRON.We describe a paper model for the sp 3 carbon atom, consisting of four pyramids that can be assembled to produce a tetrahedron.The main feature of this model is that, when two of the pyramids are properly put together, the solid thus formed is an "open" tetrahedron, containing edges connecting the center of the tetrahedron to its vertices.The student can easily imagine the whole tetrahedron and, at the same time, he can observe its center and the lines corresponding to the directions of sp 3 orbitals.
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