dative covalent bonding
What dative covalent bonding means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: AQA
A bond containing a shared pair of electrons with both electrons supplied by one atom.
A covalent bond in which both shared electrons come from the same atom, the donor.
Topics that use dative covalent bonding
- Nature of covalent and dative covalent bonds (AQA A-Level)
- Bonding and structure (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- bond length and strength
- dot-and-cross diagrams
- Anomalous melting and boiling points
- arrow direction
- arrows for dative bonds
- Average bond enthalpy
- Averaging over similar compounds and its limitation
- Bond angles
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