Types of Chemical Bonds
The attractive force which has the ability of holding various constituent elements like atoms, ions, molecules, etc. together in different chemical species is termed as a chemical bond. Chemical compounds are dependent on the strength of chemical bonds between its constituents. Stronger the chemical bond, more will be the stability in the chemical compounds. Hence, it can be said that bonding defines the stability of chemical compounds.
Polarizability In Organic Chemistry
Polarizability refers to the ability of an atom/molecule to distort the electron cloud of neighboring species towards itself and the process of distortion of electron cloud is known as polarization.
Coordinate Covalent Bonds
A coordinate covalent bond is also known as a dative bond, which is a type of covalent bond. It is formed between two atoms, where the two electrons required to form the bond come from the same atom resulting in a semi-polar bond. The study of coordinate covalent bond or dative bond is important to know about the special type of bonding that leads to different properties. Since covalent compounds are non-polar whereas coordinate bonds results always in polar compounds due to charge separation.
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The type of chemical bond that is the weakest is to be identified.
The chemical bond is the attraction between the atoms or ions that hold them together to form a chemical compound.
In general, there are three types of chemical bonds:
- Covalent bond- When atoms involved have similar electronegativity, they share their valence electrons to complete their valency and thus forms bond between them. This type of bond is known as covalent bond and is the strongest bond.
- Ionic bond- When atoms involved have difference in the eletronegativities, they transfer electrons forming the ions. Thus the forces of attraction between oppositely charged ions hold them together to form ionic bonds.
- Hydrogen bond- It is a weak bond formed between electronegative atom and hydrogen atom bonded to another electronegative atom (N, O, F).
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