molecular structure
How atoms connect
Molecular structure is the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms within a molecule—which atoms bond to which, at what angles, and how far apart.
The structure determines a substance's properties: two molecules with identical atoms can behave entirely differently depending on how those atoms are arranged.
The molecular structure of DNA resembles a twisted ladder.
- chiralityMirror-image non-superimposability
- chemical bondsForces uniting atoms
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- functional groupsReactive atomic arrangements in molecules
- building blocksBasic units for construction
stereochemistry · atoms · electron clouds · pi electrons · solubility · hybridization · isomerism · organic compound · valence electrons · covalent bonds · carbon · polymer · crystal · chain · geometry · electron · hydrogen · benzene
- scientific phrasesbig bang, black hole, natural selection, climate change, genetic code
- chemistryatom, atoms, organic chemistry, chemistry, molecules
- organic chemistrybenzene ring, carbon chain, carbon compounds, hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon
- crystallographycrystal systems, crystal growth, dislocations, crystallization, vacancies
- physical chemistrythermodynamics, kinetics, chemical equilibrium, reaction rates, activation energy
- NMR spectroscopysignal processing
molecular structuremacrostructure
Large-scale organizational pattern
gross anatomy · atomic structure · crystal structure · microstructure · ultrastructure
molecular structuremolecular formula
Notation showing atomic composition
chemical formula · chemical composition · empirical formula · stoichiometry · molecular weight
molecular structuredisorder
Absence of organization
structurelessness · randomness · chaos · entropy · plasma