Re: tojc: review

Ed Chapel (chapelej@plu.edu)
Mon, 09 Dec 1996 13:29:10 -0800 (PST)

So is that to say that the electronegative atom keeps all of it's
shielding, electron dense area to itself and away from other atoms? And
this is the reduction of it's shielding?

Ed

chapelej

On Mon, 9 Dec 1996 jonesjd@plu.edu wrote:

> Iwaisk,
>
> An atom with greater electronegativity draws the electron density closer
> towards itself, and thus reducing the electron density around the carbon
> atom.
> Jason
>
> On Mon, 9 Dec 1996 lwaisk@plu.edu wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Guys,
> > This question is to help me preparing for the final.
> > Why does a greater electronegativity reduces the electron density of an
> > atom and reduces its shielding?
> >
> > Sandy
> >
> >
>
>