Covalent bond
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP "Covalent" redirects here. For other uses, see Covalent (disambiguation). A covalent bond forming H 2 (right) where two hydrogen atoms share the two electrons A covalent bond , also called a molecular bond , is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms. These electron pairs are known as shared pairs or bonding pairs , and the stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms, when they share electrons, is known as covalent bonding. [1] [ better source needed ] For many molecules, the sharing of electrons allows each atom to attain the equivalent of a full outer shell, corresponding to a stable electronic configuration. Covalent bonding includes many kinds of interactions, including σ-bonding, π-bonding, metal-to-metal bonding, agostic interactions, bent bonds, and three-center two-electron bonds. [2] [3] The term covalent bond dates from 1939. [4] The prefix co- means jointly, assoc...