7.Covalent Bonding and Electron-Dot Structures

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Define a covalent bond
a bond that occurs when two
atoms share several (usually two) electrons
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Define bond length
the minimum-energy distance
between nuclei in a covalent bond
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Define bond dissociation energy
the amount of
energy necessary to break a chemical bond in an
isolated molecule in the gaseous state
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Define a polar covalent bond
a bond in which the bonding electrons are attracted somewhat more strongly
by one atom than by the other
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Define Electronegativity
the ability of an atom in
a molecule to attract the shared electrons in a covalent bond
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Define an Electron-dot structure
e a representation of a
molecule that shows valence electrons as dots;
also called a Lewis structure
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Define a Single Bond
a covalent bond formed by sharing two electrons between atoms
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Define a Double Bond
a covalent bond formed by sharing four electrons between atoms
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Define a Triple Bond
a covalent bond formed by sharing
six electrons between atoms
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Define a Radical
a covalent bond formed by sharing
six electrons between atoms
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Define a resonnance hybrid
an average of several valid
electron-dot structures for a molecule
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Define a formal charge
an electron bookkeeping device
that tells whether an atom in a molecule has
gained or lost electrons compared to an isolated
atom
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State the equation for formal charge
Formal charge=(no of valence electrons in free atom) - 1/2(no of bonding electrons)-(no of nonbonding electrons)
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Define bond length

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the minimum-energy distance
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Define bond dissociation energy

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Define a polar covalent bond

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