Talk:Proton-coupled electron transfer
 | This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Protons exist in "Orbitals"?
The introduction of this article implies that electrons AND protons both exist in orbitals. Electron orbitals are definitely in the scientific literature as accepted fact but PROTONS in orbitals seems a bit far fetched. Don't protons exist only within the Nucleus of an atom? Spyglasses 04:20, 27 June 2018 (UTC).
I agree. If a proton transfers to another atom, it makes the atom into a new atom, as the atom is defined by how many protons and neutrons it has in the nucleus, and therefore how many electrons orbit. Say a helium atom accepts a proton and electron from a hydrogen atom, the result is a lithium atom. There needs to be clarification that it is not a proton transfer, but an atom share ie:hydrogen, sharing electrons with another atom, hence forming a MOLECULE, not another atom.
Start a discussion about improving the Proton-coupled electron transfer page
Talk pages are where people discuss how to make content on Wikipedia the best that it can be. You can use this page to start a discussion with others about how to improve the "Proton-coupled electron transfer" page.
