equalization of electronegativity, principle of

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.ET07030
The postulate that in a molecule all the constituent atoms should have the same electronegativity value, which would be the geometric mean of the electronegativities of isolated atoms.
Source:
PAC, 1999, 71, 1919. (Glossary of terms used in theoretical organic chemistry) on page 1938 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'equalization of electronegativity, principle of' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.ET07030 RIS BibTex EndNote
Div. IIIPDFTextXMLJSON
Last revised: February 24, 2014