Shapes of covalent molecules

• Shape of covalent molecules

  Compounds containing two elements have different shapes, according to how many bonding pairs of electrons are present
• Number of covalent bonds

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
• Compounds with 1 covalent bond

  • H-H
  • H - Br
• Compounds with 2 covalent bonds

  • H₂O
  • H₂S
• Compounds with 3 covalent bonds

  • Ammonia
• Compounds with 4 covalent bonds

  • CH4