Identify the types of bonds that you would expect to find in the molecules of each of the following substances:
water, ammonia and sodium chloride.
Three elements are having the following Lewis symbols:
Write the formulae and Lewis structure of the covalent compounds formed between:
(i) A and B and (ii) A and C.
The skeletal structure of CH3COOH as shown below is correct, but some of the bonds are shown incorrectly. Write the correct Lewis structure for acetic acid:
What important characteristics should M and X have so that they form a predominantly ionic compound MX?
What is the total number of sigma and pi bonds in the following molecules?
(a) C2H2 (b) C2H4
(a) C2H2
H – C ≡ C – H
Number of sigma bonds = 3
Number of bonds = 2
Number of sigma bonds = 5
Number of bonds = 1