Bonding Flashcards
cation
positively charged ion
anion
negatively charged ion
dative bond
a covalent bond where both electrons in the shared pair are donated from the same atom
Covalent bond
the electrostatic attraction between nuclei of two non metal atoms and the bonding electrons of their outer shells. no electrons are transferred, they are only shared
shorter bond length means
greater bond strength as bonding pair is closer to atoms nucleus
as number of shared electrons increases, bond length
decreases
linear bond angle
180
trigonal planar bond angle
120
tetrahedral bond angle
109.5
trigonal bipyramidal bond angle
90 and 120
octahedral bond angle
90
how many degrees is subtracted when a bond pair is replaced with a lone pair eg: trigonal planar to bent
-2
valence shell electron pair repulsion theory
All pairs of valence electrons will repel each other to the maximum separation that they can where they experience the minimum amount of repulsion.
pyramidal bond angle
107
bent bond angle
118 or 104.5