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    In ionic compounds, an individual ion bears no special directional relationship to any one of its neighbors.

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    • 1.In ionic compounds, bonding is electrostatic.
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    • 2.Electrostatic bonding is radially symmetrical.
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    • 3.Radially symmetrical bonding does not privilege any particular neighbor direction.
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    • 1.Crystal lattice geometry imposes determinate spatial constraints: each ion occupies fixed coordination sites with specific angular relationships to neighbors.
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    • 2.In NaCl, each Na+ ion has exactly 6 Cl- neighbors at 90° intervals, constituting a privileged directional structure determined by lattice symmetry.
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    • 3.A relationship that is geometrically fixed and empirically measurable cannot be correctly described as bearing 'no special directional relationship' to its neighbors.
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    • 1.Pauling's rules for ionic crystal structures establish that coordination polyhedra have definite geometries, meaning directionality is encoded in the stable equilibrium configuration.
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    • 2.The distinction between the isotropy of the force law and the anisotropy of the resulting structure is a recognized error of conflation in structural chemistry, as Hoffmann and others have noted.
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    An important part of Lewis’ account of molecular structure concerns directionality of bonding. In ionic compounds, bonding is electrostatic and therefore radially symmetrical. Hence an individual ion bears no special relationship to any one of its neighbors. On the other hand, in covalent or non-polar bonding, bonds have a definite direction; they are located between atomic centers.
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