W9 COVALENT BONDING

The mixing of several atomic orbitals to form the same number of equivalent hybrid orbitals

• resonance structures

• polar molecule

• hybridization

• structural formula

two or more valid electron dot formulas that can be written for the same molecule

• single covalent bond

• resonance structures

• polar molecule

• hybridization

A chemical formula that shows the arrangement of atoms in molecules and polyatomic ions

• hybridization

• structural formula

• polar covalent bond

• coordinate covalent bond

The weakest attractions that exist between molecules

• van der Waals forces

• single covalent bond

• resonance structures

• polar molecule

Because electron pairs repel, molecules adjust their shapes so that the valence-electron pairs are as far apart as possible.

• molecular compound

• VSEPR theory

• van der Waals forces

• single covalent bond

A covalent bond in which one pair of electrons is shared between two atoms

• resonance structures

• single covalent bond

• molecular compound

• coordinate covalent bond

A molecule in which one end is slightly negative and the other end is slightly positive

• polar molecule

• hybridization

• structural formula

• coordinate covalent bond

A covalent bond formed between two different atoms in which the bonding electrons are shared unequally

• polar covalent bond

• polar molecule

• coordinate covalent bond

• hybridization

An electrically neutral group of atoms joined together by covalent bonds

• molecular compound

• resonance structures

• structural formula

• polar molecule

A covalent bond in which one atom contributes both bonding electrons

• molecular compound

• polar covalent bond

• VSEPR theory

• resonance structures