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Topic starter 15/04/2022 10:34 pm
hello! It is not entirely clear to me, if during the interaction of simple substances there is a flow of electrons from one element to another, how does the formation of a covalent chemical bond between atoms occur, if it is formed when the orbitals of different atoms overlap? that is, one atom gave electrons to another, but then overlaps with it by the orbitals of these given (valence) electrons ..
18/04/2022 10:35 pm
I think it's something to do with molecule orbitals, but, unfortunately, I haven't entirely understood you( Can you please refrais your question?
Topic starter 19/04/2022 2:58 am
@chaoticgood in the formation of a covalent bond, we are talking about the common electrons involved in its formation, why then, in redox processes, are we talking about the transfer of electrons from one atom to another?
21/04/2022 9:22 pm
Energy of atomic orbital is lower then energy of molecular one, so it's more convenient for the electron pair to be located there. That's why no bond is formed
Topic starter 21/04/2022 9:29 pm
@chaoticgood I didn’t quite understand you, but I was already thinking about the fact of its formation, what happens to electrons
23/04/2022 10:28 pm
@argentum Actually one of unsolved mysteries of chemistry is the question of what is chemical bond?