Chapter 5 Vocab - Covalent Bonding

Chemical compounds whose simplest units are molecules

• covalent bond

• molecular formula

• molecular compound

• molecule

neutral group of atoms help together by covalent bonds

• bonded pair

• lone pair

• molecule

• VSEPR Theory

Chemical bond that results form the sharing of electrons

• covalent bond

• electronegativity

• molecular formula

• central atom

shows the types and numbers of atoms combined in a single molecule

• nonpolar bond

• molecular formula

• polar bond

• electronegativity

each atom will achieve a geometry that minimizes the repulsion between electrons

• single bond

• double bond

• molecular formula

• VSEPR Theory

the measure of an atom's attraction for another atom's electrons

• polar bond

• resonance structure

• electronegativity

• nonpolar bond

a covalent bond in which the bonded atoms have an unequal attraction

• nonpolar bond

• electronegativity

• diatomic

• polar bond

a covalent bond in which the bonding electrons are shared equally

• electronegativity

• nonpolar bond

• central atom

• polar bond

a bond in which 2 atoms share one pair of electrons

• single bond

• double bond

• terminal atom

• triple bond

a bond in which 2 atoms share two pairs of electrons

• single bond

• double bond

• terminal atom

• triple bond