Question

What are Bond Line Views?

Answer 1

A bond-line view is a condensed way of representing the structural formula of a molecule.

Explanation:

For example, here is the structural formula of retinol, a compound that is important in the chemistry of vision.

It takes a long time to write out all these atoms and bonds, so chemists have developed a shorthand method called a bond-line view.

The rules for drawing bond-line structures are:

• The carbon atoms and the hydrogen atoms attached to them are not shown.
• Only the bonds between the carbon atoms are shown as lines.
• The vertices and end of lines represent carbon atoms.
• Any unfilled valences on carbon are assumed to be filled by hydrogen atoms.
• All atoms other than carbon, plus any hydrogen atoms attached to them, are shown.
• Exception: The hydrogen in an aldehyde group is usually shown.