Double bond rule

The double bond rule states that chemical elements with a principal quantum number greater than 2 for their valence electrons (period 3 elements and lower) tend not to form multiple bonds (e.g. double bonds and triple bonds) with themselves or with other elements.[1] The double bonds, when they exist, are often weak due to poor orbital overlap. Although such compounds are not intrinsically unstable, they instead tend to polymerize. An example is the rapid polymerization that occurs upon condensation of disulfur, the heavy analogue of O2. Numerous violations to the rule exist.[2]

Double bonds for carbon and nearest neighbours
B
boron		C
carbon		N
nitrogen		O
oxygen		Si
silicon		P
phosphorus		S
sulfur
B diborenesalkylideneboranesaminoboranylidenes, rare[3]oxoboranes, rare,
rapid oligomerization[4]		not knownboranylidenephosphanes, rare, stable compounds are known [5]thioxoboranes, rare[6]
C alkenesiminescarbonyls, oxonium ionssilenesphosphaalkenesthioketones
N azo compoundsnitroso compoundssilanimines, rare, easy oligomerization, observed only at low temp[7]phosphazene (P=N)
phosphaalkyne (P≡N)		sulfilimines
O dioxygensilanones, Si=O bonds extremely reactive, oligomerization to siloxanesnumerous, e.g. phosphine oxides, phosphonates, phosphinates,
phosphates		sulfinyls
Si disilenessilylidenephosphanes a.k.a. phosphasilenes, rare [8]silanethiones, rare, easy oligomerization[9]
P diphosphenescommon, for example in thiophosphates and in phosphine sulfides, for example triphenylphosphine sulfide, certain dithiadiphosphetanes
S disulfur, thiosulfoxides

Other meanings

Another unrelated double bond rule exists that relates to the enhanced reactivity of sigma bonds once removed from a double bond. In bromoalkenes, the C–Br bond is very stable, but in an allyl bromide, this bond is very reactive. Likewise, bromobenzenes are generally inert, whereas benzylic bromides are reactive. The first to observe the phenomenon was Conrad Laar in 1885. The name for the rule was coined by Otto Schmidt (1874–1943) in 1932.[10][11]

References
  1. Peter Jutzi New Element-Carbon (p-p) Bonds Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 1975, Volume 14, pp. 232 - 245. doi:10.1002/anie.197502321
  2. Robert West Multiple bonds to silicon: 20 years later Polyhedron 2002, Volume 21, pp. 467-472. doi:10.1016/S0277-5387(01)01017-8
  3. some research efforts exists in isomerization of B=NH2 to triple bonded iminoborane HBNH The aminoboranylidene–iminoborane isomerization Victor M. Rosas-Garcia and T. Daniel Crawford J. Chem. Phys., 119, 10647 2003.
  4. Synthesis and Characterization of a Coordinated Oxoborane: Lewis Acid Stabilization of a Boron-Oxygen Double Bond Dragoslav Vidovic, Jennifer A. Moore, Jamie N. Jones, and Alan H. Cowley J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127 (13), 4566-4567 doi:10.1021/ja0507564.
  5. For instance Ar*P=B(TMP)2 with TMP = 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine and Ar* = 2,6-dimesityl-phenyl Boron-Pnictogen Multiple Bonds: Donor-Stabilized PdB and AsdB Bonds and a Hindered Iminoborane with a B-N Triple Bond Eric Rivard, W. Alexander Merrill, James C. Fettinger, Robert Wolf, Geoffrey H. Spikes, and Philip P. Power Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 2971-2978 doi:10.1021/ic062076n
  6. Formation and Reactions of a Thioxoborane, a Novel Boron--Sulfur Double-bond Compound Norihiro Tokitoh, Mitsuhiro Ito, and Renji Okazaki Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 37, No. 29, pp. 5145-5148, 1996
  7. Observation of a silanimine in an inert matrix and in solution at low temperature Steven S. Zigler, Robert West and Josef Michl Chemistry Letters Vol.15 , No.6(1986)pp.1025-1028 doi:10.1246/cl.1986.1025
  8. Example Ar*tBuSi=PAr* with Ar* 2,4,6-trisiopropylphenyl and tBu tert-butyl in Ungewohnliche Reaktivitat der Silicium-Phosphor-Doppelbindung in einem Silyliden(fluorsilyl)phosphan: intramolekulare C,H-Inserierung und seine Umwandlung in ein neues Silyliden(silyl)phosphan M. Driess, S. Rell und K. Merz Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 1999, 625, 1119±1123
  9. The First Genuine Silicon-Sulfur Double-Bond Compound: Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Kinetically Stabilized Silanethione Hiroyuki Suzuki, Norihiro Tokitoh, Shigeru Nagase, Renji Okazaki J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116 (25), pp 11578–11579 doi:10.1021/ja00104a052
  10. Schmidt, O. Z. Phys. Chem. 1932, A159, 337–356.
  11. A History of the Double-Bond Rule Bernard E. Hoogenboom Journal of Chemical Education 1998 75 (5), 596 doi:10.1021/ed075p596
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