Bonding Types
This type of bond forms when electrons are transferred from one atom to another.
What is an ionic bond?
This rule helps to determine the most stable arrangement of electrons in a molecule.
What is the Octet Rule?
This molecular geometry occurs when there are two bonding pairs and no lone pairs on the central atom.
What is linear?
This type of intermolecular force occurs between polar molecules and is stronger than London dispersion forces.
What is dipole-dipole interaction?
This molecular geometry occurs when there are four bonding pairs and no lone pairs around the central atom.
What is tetrahedral?
This type of bond involves the sharing of electrons between atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
This atom can often form an exception to the octet rule by having more than 8 electrons around it.
What is sulfur?
The molecular geometry of a molecule with three bonding pairs and one lone pair around the central atom.
What is trigonal pyramidal?
The presence of this force is one reason why water has a high boiling point compared to other small molecules.
What is hydrogen bonding?
This type of bond occurs when two atoms share one pair of electrons.
What is a single covalent bond?
A bond where electrons are shared equally between two atoms of the same element.
What is a nonpolar covalent bond?
In a Lewis structure, this represents a shared pair of electrons.
What is a bond line or a line between atoms?
This geometry occurs when there are three bonding pairs and no lone pairs on the central atom.
What is trigonal planar?
This intermolecular force is the weakest and occurs between nonpolar molecules, such as in noble gases.
What are London dispersion forces?
When two atoms with significantly different electronegativities form a bond, the electrons are shared unequally. This type of bond is called what?
What is a polar covalent bond?
In this type of bond, one atom pulls the shared electrons closer due to a greater electronegativity.
What is a polar covalent bond?
The number of valence electrons in an atom is indicated by this.
What is the group number on the periodic table?
This shape occurs when there are five bonding pairs around the central atom.
What is trigonal bipyramidal?
This type of intermolecular force occurs between nonpolar molecules due to temporary dipoles.
What is London dispersion forces?
In a Lewis structure, when a molecule has a central atom with more than 8 electrons around it, it typically indicates that the atom has this type of orbitals available for bonding.
What are d-orbitals?
This type of bonding occurs between metal atoms, where electrons are free to move throughout the entire structure.
What is metallic bonding?
This type of structure represents the electron distribution around atoms and bonds, but it doesn't show the exact geometry.
What is a Lewis structure?
A molecule with a central atom bonded to two atoms and having one lone pair would have this geometry.
What is bent?
This force exists when hydrogen is bonded to an electronegative atom like nitrogen, oxygen, or fluorine, leading to a strong attraction between molecules.
What is hydrogen bonding?
This principle explains that electrons in an atom will occupy orbitals in a way that minimizes repulsion, leading to a specific arrangement in molecules.
What is the Aufbau Principle?