In chemistry, electron deficiency (and electron-deficient) is jargon that is used in two contexts: chemical species that violate the octet rule because...

chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms. These electron pairs are known as shared pairs or bonding pairs...

delocalized electrons.[clarification needed] The latter could be called electron deficiency. Graphene is an example of two-dimensional metallic bonding. Its...

Copper deficiency, or hypocupremia, is defined either as insufficient copper to meet the needs of the body, or as a serum copper level below the normal...

non-zero probability that an electron in the lattice will be knocked loose from its position, leaving behind an electron deficiency called a "hole". If a voltage...

by contributing structures, each with electron-deficiency on different atoms. This reduces the electron-deficiency on each atom and stabilizes the molecule...

electrons across the structure of a radical, also known as its ability to form one or more resonance structures, allows for the electron-deficiency to...

formal positive charges at the ortho and para positions indicate electron deficiency at these positions. Another common argument, which makes identical...

state) attracts electrons from neighboring benzene rings, causing electron deficiency. The polymer therefore opposes further electron loss, thus substantiating...

PMID 1991113. Frerman, F. E.; Goodman, S. I. (1985). "Deficiency of Electron Transfer Flavoprotein or Electron Transfer Flavoprotein:Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase...

also called Lewis dot formulas, Lewis dot structures, electron dot structures, or Lewis electron dot structures (LEDs) – are diagrams that show the bonding...

Pauling scale) compared to that of nitrogen (3.04) and also the electron deficiency on the boron atom and the lone pair on nitrogen favor alternative...

can have various substituents at the 4 carbons and boron. The high electron deficiency leads to various reactivities such as metal free hydrogen activation...

and low electron deficiency of zinc. Therefore, it is rare for bridging alkyl or aryl groups to occur due to the weak electron deficiency of the zinc atom...

cells, as well as some muscle biopsies showing COX-negative fibres and deficiency of coenzyme Q10. Mutations in the ETFA, ETFB, and ETFDH genes cause glutaric...

Iron deficiency, or sideropenia, is the state in which a body lacks enough iron to supply its needs. Iron is present in all cells in the human body and...

carborane acids are estimated to have pKa values below −20, even without electron-withdrawing substituents on the boron atoms (e.g., H(CHB 11H 11) is estimated...

table of the elements. electron deficiency electron donor electron electric dipole moment (de) An intrinsic property of an electron such that its potential...

atoms and bonding electrons, in a series of discrete computational steps. Here, the electrostatic surface emphasizes the electron deficiency of the sulfur...

health or anti-disease effect. CoQ10 is a component of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC), where it plays a role in oxidative phosphorylation...

the diene, which is electron rich, and the dienophile, which is electron poor. The relative electron-richness and electron deficiency of the reactants can...

intermediate. The presence of uncarboxylated proteins indicates a vitamin K deficiency. Carboxylation allows them to bind (chelate) calcium ions, which they...

Mitochondrial complex II deficiency, also called CII deficiency, is a rare mitochondrial disease caused by deficiency of mitochondrial complex II, also...

of migraine headaches in adults. Riboflavin deficiency is rare and is usually accompanied by deficiencies of other vitamins and nutrients. It may be prevented...

citric acid cycle, generating NADH and FADH2, which are electron carriers used in the electron transport chain. It is named as such because the beta carbon...

needed] In cases of severe deficiency, B vitamins, especially B12, may also be delivered by injection to reverse deficiencies.[unreliable medical source...

bc1 complex, and at other times complex III, is the third complex in the electron transport chain (EC 1.10.2.2), playing a critical role in biochemical generation...

understood in two forms: as negatively charged electrons, and as positively charged electron deficiencies called holes. These charges and holes are understood...

in a novel approach to bioorthogonal reactions. Ring strain and electron deficiency in the oxanorbornadiene increase reactivity towards the cycloaddition...

Phosphofructokinase deficiency is a rare muscular metabolic disorder, with an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. It may affect humans as well as...