Basic Chemistry

• Carbon 


  • missing 4 valence electrons
  • wants 4 valence electrons
  • medium electronegativity
• Hydrogen bonds 


  • A partially negative atom is attracted to a partially positive atom
  • weak/ break easily
• Polar covalent bonds 


  • pair of electrons shared unequally
• Acids are...


  polar
• Ionic bonding 


  • high electronegativity
  • cation and anion
• Covalent bonding 


  sharing of electrons
• Nonpolar covalent bond


  pair of electrons shared equally