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Why is [math]H_{3}O^{+} + HO^{-} \rightarrow 2H_{2}O[/math] and not [math]H_{4}O_{2}[/math]?
Bcus energy and entropy and shit.
Basically it's not a stable molecule.
>>7806781
Thermodynamics basically says what atoms click together easiest. Just because the numbers of atoms add up, doesn't mean it's a low/stable energy state.
>>7806798
'easiest'
smells like kinetics rather than thermodynamics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet_rule#Explanation_in_quantum_theory
