Chemical Compounds are formed by the joining of two or more atoms. The combining of elements to form different substances is called Chemical Bonding. Chemical Bonding, attraction between atoms, ions or molecules, accounts for the association of atoms into molecules, ions, crystals, and other stable species that make up the familiar substances of the everyday world. Chemical Bonds hold molecules together. Molecules are the smallest units of compounds that can exist. Chemical Bonding Quiz presents some important Q&A about chemical compounds & bonding.
Note: Most elements follow the octet rule in chemical bonding. Octet rule means that an element should have contact to eight valence electrons in a bond or exactly fill up its valence shell. Having eight electrons total ensures that the atom is stable.
Chemical Bonding:
Atoms, molecule or ions or different elements except the noble, do not have complete or stable octet so they combine with another element to complete its octet, this process of completing its octet by combining with other element is known as chemical bonding.
Valency:
Valency is the main point on which chemical bonding depends. Valency of an element is the capacity to form chemical bonds and it is equal to the number of electron in its atom.
Ions:

• An ion is electrically charged particle.


• A positively charged particle is called cation while a negatively charged particle is known as anion.


• A cation is formed due to the loss of electron ([latex]Na^{+}[/latex] , [latex]H^{+}[/latex] ).


• An anion is formed due to the gain of electron ([latex]F^{-}[/latex] , [latex]Cl^{-}[/latex] ).

Types of chemical bonding:

• Chemical bonding are of following types depending upon the sharing of electron or transfer of electron.

Electrovalent Bond:

• The bond formed by the transfer of an electron from one atom to another is called electrovalent bond or ionic bond.


• The compound formed due to electrovalent bond is called electrovalent compound or ionic compound.


• These bonds are formed between metals and non-metals. Electrovalent compound have high melting and boiling point.


• They are conductor of electricity when dissolved in water.


• They are soluble in water but not in organic solvents like alcohol. e.g. Aluminium Oxide ([latex]Al_{2} O_{3}[/latex] ), Ammonium chloride ([latex]NH_{4} Cl[/latex]) and Calcium chloride ([latex]CaCl_{2}[/latex] )

Covalent Bond:

• The bond is formed by the sharing of an electron between two atoms of the same or different elements, is called covalent bond and the compound formed due to this bonding is called Covalent compound.


• Covalent bond may be single, double or triple depending upon the number of sharing pairs of electron.


• Covalent compounds have low melting and boiling point.


• They do not conduct electricity and are insoluble in water but dissolve in organic compound. e.g. Alcohol ([latex]C_{2} H_{5} OH[/latex]), Ammonia ([latex]NH_{3}[/latex] ), Ethane ([latex]C_{2} H_{6}[/latex] ), Methane ([latex]CH_{4}[/latex] ).

Coordinate and Dative Bond:

• The bond is formed by one-sided sharing of one pair of electrons between two atoms.


• The main condition for formation of Coordinate bond is that octet of one atom should be complete , having atleast one lone pair of electron and other atom should have a deciency of atleast one pair of electrons.


• The atom having complete octet which provides the electron pair for sharing is known as donor.


• The other atom which accepts the electron pair is called acceptor.

Sigma Bond:

• A bond is formed by the linear overlapping of atomic orbitals is called sigma bond. The extent of overlapping in sigma bond is large so they are strong bond.

Pi-bond:

• This bond is formed by the lateral or sidewise overlapping or atomic orbitals.


• Since the extent of overlapping is small so they are weak bond. e.g. in [latex]O_{2}[/latex] one bond is sigma and one is pi bond.

Hydrogen bond:
When a hydrogen atom is present between two most electronegative atoms then it is bonded to one by a covalent bond and to other by a weak force of attraction which is called hydrogen bond. e.g. Present in [latex]H_{2} O[/latex] and HF

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