trigonal

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In typical alkenes, the carbons adopt a trigonal planar geometry, creating a flat structure around the double bond.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

They believed the reason trigonal chloride electrolytes can achieve low ionic conductivity is based on the variation of metal ion arrangements within the structure.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023

These nonpolar molecules contain boron with sp2 hybridization and a trigonal planar molecular geometry.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

For example, an atom surrounded by three regions of electron density is sp2 hybridized, and the three sp2 orbitals are arranged in a trigonal planar fashion.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

All other forms, in which the faces are neither parallel nor perpendicular to the triad axis, are trigonal pyramids.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various