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is there a terminal Oxygen in
your structure? |
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Is there a Hydrogen bonded to that Oxygen already? |
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this is the first H that bonds to the terminal Oxygen, assign H to
this bond. However, this bonding may have caused the structure to fail in a previous trial over bad FC (see arrangements). In case of a previous such fail, abandon the bonding with the oxygen in favor of bonding to the central atom. Also notice if the formula is specifically written to indicate a bond with O (see OH example) ![]() |
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recalculate T, remove 2 electrons from it |
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We want to assign this
H to bond with the central atom if possible. The question is, can the central atom make one more bond? |
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use the
central atom's unused bond to connect one H via a SINGLE BOND![]() |
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is there a terminal atom that can make one more bond with one hydrogen? |
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recalculate T, remove 2 electrons from it ![]() |
use up one hydrogen with
that terminal atom and connect via a SINGLE BOND![]() |
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