Transferability (chemistry)
# Transferability (chemistry)

In chemistry, transferability is the assumption that a chemical property that is associated with an atom or a functional group in a molecule will have a similar (but not identical) value in a variety of different circumstances. Examples of transferable properties include:

* Electronegativity
* Nucleophilicity
* Chemical shifts in NMR spectroscopy
* Characteristic frequencies in Infrared spectroscopy
* Bond length and bond angle
* Bond energy

Transferable properties are distinguished from conserved properties, which are assumed to always have the same value whatever the chemical situation, e.g. standard atomic weight.

