Electronegativity And Its Influence On Covalent Bonding: A Comprehensive Analysis
Electronegativity, the attraction of an atom for electrons, significantly influences covalent bonding. Higher electronegativity differences lead to weaker bond strengths and bond polarity, where electrons are unequally shared. This polarity affects molecular geometry and creates dipole moments, with imbalanced charge distributions. Nonpolar covalent bonds, formed between atoms with similar electronegativities, result in equal electron sharing…