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Triplet oxygen
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Triplet state of the dioxygen molecule
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Triplet oxygen, 3O2, refers to the S = 1 electronic ground state of molecular oxygen (dioxygen). Molecules of triplet oxygen contain two unpaired electrons, making triplet oxygen an unusual example of a stable and commonly encountered diradical: it is more stable as a triplet than a singlet. According to molecular orbital theory, the electron...

Instance of
Ground state
Triplet state
type of chemical entity
Subclass of
Dioxygen
Diradical
paramagnetic material
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