The Covalent Bond
The chemical bond that results from sharing valence electrons.
What is a covalent bond?
The process of mixing orbitals and producing new, identical orbitals for use in a molecule.
What is Hybridization?
What does VSEPR stand for?
Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion
What is a the most electronegative element?
Fluorine
Name CH4
Carbon Tetrahydride
Uses symbols and bonds to show relative positions of atoms.
What is the structural formula?
The number of bonds an atom in Group 14 can form.
What is four
A process in which atomic orbitals mix and form identical hybrid orbitals.
What is hybridization?
What is the least electronegative element?
Francium
Name S2O8
Disulfur Octoxide
The number of bonds an atom in Group 15 can form.
What is three
What are the rules for naming a binary molecular compound?
The first element is named using the entire element name.
The second element is named using its root name, plus the ending –ide.
Prefixes are added to indicate the number of atoms present of each element in the compound.
The molecular shape for a compound with 2 electron pairs and a 180° angle.
What is linear geometry?
A bond that results from unequal sharing of electrons.
What is a polar covalent bond?
Name Water
Dihydrogen Monoxide
The energy required to break a bond in a covalent compound.
What is bond dissociation energy?
Nona-
What is the prefix for 9
The molecular shape for a compound with 4 electron pairs and a 109.5° angle.
What is tetrahedral geometry?
The general rule for the solubility of covalent compounds.
What is “like dissolves like”?
Name PCl5
Phosphorus Pentachloride