Back إلكترون غير متمركز Arabic সঞ্চারিত ইলেকট্রন Bengali/Bangla Deslocalització electrònica Catalan Delokalizace elektronů Czech Delokaliseret elektron Danish Delokalisierung German Απεντοπισμένα ηλεκτρόνια Greek Deslocalización electrónica Spanish Elektroi deslokalizatu Basque الکترون نامتمرکز Persian
In chemistry, delocalized electrons are electrons in a molecule, ion or solid metal that are not associated with a single atom or a covalent bond.[1]
The term delocalization is general and can have slightly different meanings in different fields:
- In organic chemistry, it refers to resonance in conjugated systems and aromatic compounds.
- In solid-state physics, it refers to free electrons that facilitate electrical conduction.
- In quantum chemistry, it refers to molecular orbital electrons that have extended over several adjacent atoms.
- ^ IUPAC Gold Book delocalization