Bonding

Question 1

What is a coordinate bond

Answer 1

One atoms donates a pair of electrons. One atom provides both of the shared electrons in a covalent bond

Question 2

When do coordinate bonds form

Answer 2

When one of the atoms in the bond has a lone pair of electrons and the other doesn’t have any electrons available to share

Question 3

What is a lone pair of electrons

Answer 3

A pair of electrons in the outer shell of an atom that isn’t involved in bonding with other atoms