Bonding Types
Lewis Structures
Molecular Geometry
Intermolecular forces
Reaction types
100

This type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms.

What is a covalent bond?

100

This simple molecule's Lewis structure includes a single line connecting two hydrogen atoms.

What is H₂?

100

Arrangement of atoms along a straight line.

What is linear?

100

fluorine (F2), chlorine (Cl2)

What are London dispersion forces examples?

100

An acid and a base react to form water and a salt.

What is a neutralization reaction?

200

A weak bond between two molecules resulting from an electrostatic attraction between a proton in one molecule and an electronegative atom in the other.

What is a hydrogen bond?

200

The Lewis structure for this molecule includes two oxygen atoms joined by a double bond.

What is O₂?

200

Methane adopts this molecular geometry.

Tetrahedral

200

Form of intermolecular force that occurs when a polar molecule interacts with a non-polar molecule.

What are dipole-dipole forces?

200

a. Formation of binary compound: A + B  AB

b. Metal oxide and water: MO + H2O  base

c. Nonmetal oxide and water: (NM)O + H2O  acid

synthesis reaction

300

This type of bonding occurs when electrons are transferred from one atom to another.

What is ionic bonding?

300

This molecule's Lewis structure includes a triple bond between two nitrogen atoms.

What is N₂?

300

Molecules with one central atom surrounded by three bonded atoms and one lone pair.

What is trigonal pyramidal?

300

ammonia

What is a hydrogen bonding example?

300

a. Binary compounds: AB  A + B

b. Metallic carbonates: MCO3  MO + CO2

c. Metallic hydrogen carbonates: MHCO3  MCO3 (s) + H2O (l) + CO2 (g)

d. Metallic hydroxides: MOH  MO + H2O

e. Metallic chlorates: MClO3  MCl + O2

f. Oxyacids decompose to nonmetal oxides and water: acid  (NM)O + H2O

Decomposition reaction

400

This type of bonding involves positively charged metal ions surrounded by a sea of freely moving electrons.

What is metallic bonding?

400

A water molecule has this many lone pairs of electrons.

What are two pairs?

400

A central atom with three bonded atoms and no lone pair.

 What is trigonal planar?

400

magnesium and sodium

What are metallic bonds examples?

400

a. Metal-Metal replacement: A + BC  AC + B

b. Active metal replaces H from water: M + H2O  MOH + H2

c. Active metal replaces H from acid: M + HX  MX + H2

d. Halide-Halide replacement: D + BC  BD + C

Single replacement

500

This type of covalent bond occurs when there is unequal sharing of electrons between atoms.

What is a polar covalent bond?

500

The Lewis structure has four single bonds and four lone pairs around the central atom.

What is methane?

500

A central atom is surrounded by two bonded atoms and two lone pairs, resulting in a bent shape.

What is bent?

500

Water

hydrogen bonding

500

Hydrocarbon + oxygen  carbon dioxide + water

Combustion reaction

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