COVALENT

BONDING
Presented by:
MISS MAY-ANN A. DANO
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the session, the learner shall be able
to;
a) describe covalent bonding in terms of electron
sharing;
b) differentiate between ionic bonding and covalent
bonding; and
c) draw the Lewis structures of molecular covalent
compounds.
 WHAT IS COVALENT BONDING?
A covalent bond is formed when two
nonmetal atoms bond together by sharing
their electrons (in pairs) to fulfill the octet
rule and create a molecule of an element or a
compound.
LEWIS DOT
Electron Configuration: 1s²
STRUCTURE
2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁵
Valence Electron:
7 electrons

For example, the formation of the

gaseous chlorine molecule (
Lewis Dot Structure of Two Cl atoms sharing
2 Chlorine valence electron
Bonding electrons – are the electrons that
actually participated in the formation of a
covalent bond.
Lewis Electron Dot Diagram of
 Lewis Electron Dot Diagram of

One pair of electrons shared in covalent bonding is

called a single bonding.
Double bonding – when two pairs of electrons
are shared in a covalent bonding.

Lewis dot structure of 2 Double bonding of the 2

oxygen oxygen
Triple bonding – when three pairs of electrons
are shared in a covalent bonding.

Lewis dot structure of 2 Double bonding of the 2

Nitrogen Nitrogen
Naming Covalent Molecular Compounds
1. Name the non-metal on the far left of the
periodic table by its elemental name.
2. Name other non-metals with their base
name and trailing ide.
3. The prefix mono, di, tri .... is used to
indicate the number of this element in the
molecule.
4. If mono is the first prefix, it is understood
and not written.
COMPOUND SYSTEMATIC
NAME
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide
N2O3 Dinitrogen trioxide
CO2 Carbon dioxide
STRUCTURE ME!
General Instruction:
1. Identify the given compound on Column A and write its chemical
name.
2. Draw Lewis electron dot structure of each compound on Column
B.
COMPOUND STRUCTURE
1. H2S =
2. SO2 =
3. BeF2 =
4. H2 =
5. PCl3 =