n-σ* delocalization (or n-σ* no bond resonance)
Delocalization
of a free electron pair (n) into an antibonding σ-orbital (σ*).
See:
hyperconjugation
,
resonance
Source:
PAC, 1994,
66
, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1146