[spirochete]

I noticed in a lecture recently that somebody had a chart of what were obviously bond dissociation energies (BDE), but it was titled "Bond Strengths."  Is this poor wording? 

I was taught that bond dissociation energy is a combination of the "inherent strength of the bond" combined with the stability of the two radicals that result from homolytic cleavage.  Strength comes from the type of orbital (S character, etc) and is reflected in the wave number of IR stretch.  Stability of the product also effects BDE but does not effect the IR spec.  An example would be an SP3 allylic C-H bond that stretches at almost the same wave number as a regular SP3 C-H. 

What do people think?  Should bond strength and BDE be used interchangeably, or is my thinking correct?

[CyanoHyd.rin]

Hi,
   I think you are right.... usage of bond strength and bond dissociation energy interchangably is not exactly right. Though they are very much related to each other, but they are different.

Thanks

Jyot Vakharia