1. Covalent bonds: Sharing is caring!
The love story of non-metals

2. LET’S
FIRST
REVIEW
IONIC
BONDING

3. F K In an IONIC bond, electrons are lost or gained,
resulting in the formation of IONS
in ionic compounds. F K

4. K F

5. K F

6. K F

7. K F

8. K F

9. + _ K F

10. K F _ + The ionic bond is the attraction between the positive K+ ion
and the negative F- ion

11. So what are covalent bonds?

12. In covalent bonding,
atoms still want to achieve
a noble gas configuration
(the octet rule).

13. But rather than losing or gaining electrons,
In covalent bonding, atoms still want to achieve
a noble gas configuration (the octet rule).
But rather than losing or gaining
electrons,
atoms now share an electron pair.

14. The shared electron pair is called a bonding pair.
In covalent bonding, atoms still want to achieve
a noble gas configuration (the octet rule).
But rather than losing or gaining Electrons,
atoms now share an electron pair.
The shared electron pair
is called a bonding pair.

15. Bonding pairs are abbreviated by a dash
In covalent bonding, atoms still want to achieve
a noble gas configuration (the octet rule).
But rather than losing or gaining Electrons,
atoms now share an electron pair.
The shared electron pair is called a bonding pair.
Bonding pairs are
abbreviated by a dash

16. between two non-metals, unlike ionic bonds that occur between
In covalent bonding, atoms still want to achieve
a noble gas configuration (the octet rule).
But rather than losing or gaining Electrons,
atoms now share an electron pair.
The shared electron pair is called a bonding pair.
Bonding pairs are abbreviated by a dash
Covalent bonds occur
between two non-metals,
unlike ionic bonds that occur between
a metal and a non-metal.

17. This is because non-metals are NOT
In covalent bonding, atoms still want to achieve
a noble gas configuration (the octet rule).
But rather than losing or gaining Electrons,
atoms now share an electron pair.
The shared electron pair is called a bonding pair.
Bonding pairs are abbreviated by a dash
Covalent bonds occur between two non-metals,
unlike ionic bonds that occur between a metal and a non-metal.
This is because non-metals are NOT
willing to give up their electrons like
metals are.

18. Chlorine
forms a
covalent
bond
with
itself
Cl2

19. How
will
two
chlorine
atoms
react? Cl Cl

20. Cl Cl Each chlorine atom wants to
gain one electron to achieve an octet

21. Cl Cl do to achieve an octet? What’s the solution – what can they
Neither atom will give up an electron –
chlorine is highly electronegative.
What’s the solution – what can they
do to achieve an octet?

22. Cl Cl

23. Cl Cl

24. Cl Cl

25. Cl Cl

26. Cl Cl
octet

27. Cl Cl
octet

28. Cl Cl The octet is achieved by each atom sharing the
electron pair in the middle

29. Cl Cl The octet is achieved by each atom sharing the
electron pair in the middle

30. Cl Cl
This is the bonding pair

31. Cl Cl
It is a single bonding pair

32. Cl Cl
It is called a SINGLE BOND

33. Single bonds are abbreviatedCl Cl
Single bonds are abbreviated
with a dash

34. This is the chlorine molecule,Cl Cl
This is the chlorine molecule,
Cl2

35. Let’s Practice!
Oxygen and Oxygen

36. Let’s Practice!
Chlorine and Oxygen

37. Let’s Practice!
Carbon and Oxygen