common properties of small covalent compounds
-mainly gases
-insulates
-soft
-solubility varies
energy pattern for hydorgen
forms one bond pair
energy pattern for carbon
forms four bond pairs
energy pattern for nitrogen
forms three bond pairs and one lone pair
energy pattern for oxygen
forms two bond pairs and two lone pairs
fluorine energy pattern
forms one bond pair and three lone pairs
what goes for patterns for elements in same column
same energy patterns
which element should the negative formal charge be on
the more electronegative element
what molecules go over the octet rule
hypervalent
what happens when there are more resonance structures
it becomes more stable