Bond formed by shared electron pairs between atoms with similar electronegativity. Quantum-mechanical in origin (wavefunction overlap, Pauli exchange). Central to organic chemistry.
Covalent bond
Related concepts
- Atom
- Hydrogen bond
- VSEPR theory
- Molecular-orbital theory
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- Functional group
- Ligand
- Polymer chain
- Alcohol (-OH)
- Ether (C-O-C)
- Alkene C=C double bond
- Alkyne C≡C triple bond
- Schrödinger equation
- Pauli exclusion principle
- Lewis structure (electron-dot diagram)
- Octet rule
- Sigma (σ) bond
- Pi (π) bond
- Ozone (O₃)
- Bravais lattice