Curly arrow notation
What Curly arrow notation means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definitions of Curly arrow notation
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Reference: OCR
A symbol for the movement of one electron pair, with the tail marking the source and the arrowhead pointing at the atom that receives the pair.
Each arrow represents one electron pair and runs from its source, such as a lone pair or a bond, to its destination.
Topics that use Curly arrow notation
- Basic concepts of organic chemistry (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Alphabetical ordering of substituents
- Aromatic compound
- carboxyl group
- Characteristic reactions
- Condensed notation with brackets and subscripts
- Contrast with heterolytic fission
- delocalised electrons
- Displayed formula
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