Triple bond

<p>A triple bond in <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a> is a <a href="/facts/Chemical_bond/ArNUMnIB">chemical bond</a> between two <a href="/facts/Atoms/FoQ4kGN5">atoms</a> involving six <a href="/facts/Electron_pair_bond/EzMLf3Pz">bonding electrons</a> instead of the usual two in a <a href="/facts/Covalent_bond/EzMLf3Pz">covalent single bond</a>. Triple bonds are stronger than the equivalent <a href="/facts/Covalent_bond/EzMLf3Pz">single bonds</a> or <a href="/facts/Double_bond/qDemMn0c">double bonds</a>, with a <a href="/facts/Bond_order/Tdb1zgTc">bond order</a> of three. The most common triple bond is in a <a href="/facts/Nitrogen/Nf1QpGDz">nitrogen</a> N2 molecule; the second most common is that between two <a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">carbon</a> atoms, which can be found in <a href="/facts/Alkyne/VHI4N5Wo">alkynes</a>. Other <a href="/facts/Functional_group/GXkSPsjM">functional groups</a> containing a triple bond are <a href="/facts/Cyanide/t0o8FMKI">cyanides</a> and <a href="/facts/Isocyanide/VmkIBMKR">isocyanides</a>. Some diatomic molecules, such as <a href="/facts/Diphosphorus/crRKYqB9">diphosphorus</a> and <a href="/facts/Carbon_monoxide/CKuLtEMJ">carbon monoxide</a>, are also triple bonded. In <a href="/facts/Skeletal_formula/RFcmIenv">skeletal formulae</a> the triple bond is drawn as three parallel lines (≡) between the two connected atoms.
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Chemical compounds with triple bond(s)<table><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Acetylene/yaDh6cmJ">acetylene</a>, H−C≡C−H</td><td><a href="/facts/Cyanogen/nsKahJy2">cyanogen</a>, N≡C−C≡N</td><td><a href="/facts/Carbon_monoxide/CKuLtEMJ">carbon monoxide</a>, C≡O</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Triple bond