A covalent bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms. There are two types of covalent bonding: non-polar, with equal sharing, and polar, with unequal sharing. A non-polar bond forms between like atoms that share electrons equally, while a polar bond forms between different atoms where one atom attracts the electrons more than the other due to differing electronegativity. Examples of non-polar molecules are H2, Cl2, and O2, where the atoms share electrons equally. Examples of polar molecules are HCl and H2O, where the more electronegative atom (Cl or O) attracts the electrons slightly more, giving it a partial negative charge and leaving the other atom with
2. ? covalent bond is a chemical bond that
involves the sharing of electron pairs
between atoms. These electron pairs are
known as shared pairs or bonding pairs and
the stable balance of attractive and
repulsive forces between atoms when they
share electrons is known as covalent
bonding.
COVALENT BONDING
3. ? There are two types of covalent bonding:
? 1. Non-polar bonding with an equal sharing
of electrons.
? 2. Polar bonding with an unequal sharing of
electrons. The number of shared electrons
depends on the number of electrons needed
to complete the octet.
TYPES OF COVALENT BONDING
4. ? A covalent bond formed between two like
atoms is known as Non-polar bond. Since
difference of electro negativity is zero
therefore, both atoms attract electron pair
equally and no charge appears on any atom
and the whole molecule becomes neutral.
? Examples: H - H
Cl - Cl
F - F
NON POLAR COVALENT BOND
5. ? IODINE:
? Iodine forms a diatomic non-polar covalent
molecule. The graphic on the bottom right
shows that iodine has 7 electrons in the
outer shell. Since 8 electrons are needed for
an octet, two iodine atoms EQUALLY share
2 electrons.
EXAMPLES OF NON POLAR BOND
6. ? OXYGEN:
? Molecules of oxygen, present in about 20%
concentration in air are also a covalent
molecules . See the graphic on the left the
Lewis symbols.
? There are 6 electrons in the outer shell,
therefore, 2 electrons are needed to
complete the octet. The two oxygen atoms
share a total of four electrons in two
separate bonds, called double bonds.
? The two oxygen atoms equally share the four
electrons.
EXAMPLES OF NON POLAR BOND
8. ? A covalent bond formed between two
different atoms is known as Polar covalent
bond.
? For example when a Covalent bond is formed
between H and Cl , it is polar in nature
because Cl is more electronegative than H
atom . Therefore, electron cloud is shifted
towards Cl atom. Due to this reason
a partial -ve charge appeared on Cl atom
and an equal +ve charge on H atom
POLAR COVALENT BOND
9. ? WATER:
? Water, the most universal compound on all
of the earth, has the property of being a
polar molecule. As a result of this property,
the physical and chemical properties of the
compound are fairly unique.
? Hydrogen Oxide or water forms a polar
covalent molecule. The graphic on the left
shows that oxygen has 6 electrons in the
outer shell. Hydrogen has one electron in its
outer energy shell. Since 8 electrons are
needed for an octet, they share the electrons.
EXAMPLES OF POLAR BOND