JadenErius Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 sorry if this is in the wrong section but I thought this section would be best suited to this topic. Anyway back to the topic. Can anyone tell me the difference between dative and normal covalent bonding? I've read that they is no difference in them once it has been set up. Can anyone tell me why is that so and why does dative bonding occur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greippi Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 A dative bond (aka dipolar bond) is where one atom donates both electrons to a bond. This commonly happens with hydrogen ions - with no electrons. They can accept two electrons to complete their electron shell from e.g. NH3 to form the ammonium ion. It's no different from a covalent bond as the end result you can't tell where the electrons came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadenErius Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 for example the ammonium ion, how does the positive charge spread across the ion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadenErius Posted May 27, 2010 Author Share Posted May 27, 2010 why isnt anyone replying me? Is it cause no one knows or cause its slightly off topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanntrude Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 this is a smallish forum, it takes a while to get answers. sometimes u won't get them at all, especially if the question doesn't interest people. In ammonium, the positive charge is considered to be mostly on the nitrogen (it has what we call a formal charge of +1. Formal charges are best learned by reading. try google). Ammonium is entirely symmetrical and none of the bonds is any different to the others, although one is formed by the donation of the lone pair on ammonia to an empty s-orbital in an H+ ion. dative bonds form for the same reason any bond forms: because it can. the positive-negative-positive arrangement of nucleus-electrons-nucleus is quite stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadenErius Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 makes sense, thanks for answering my question =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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