CH5+ Molecule (IMAGE)

University of Cologne

CH5+ Molecule

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This animation illustrates the extreme fluxionality of the CH5+ molecule. The black ball in the middle is the carbon nucleus, and the red and white balls are hydrogen nuclei. The blue clouds symbolize the binding electron pairs.

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Dominik Marx, Ruhr-Universit&auml;t Bochum, <a target="_blank"href="http://www.theochem.rub.de/go/ch5p.html">www.theochem.rub.de/go/ch5p.html</a>

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