Question

Explain only the electronic configuration covalent bond formation in the structure of chlorine molecule.

Answer 1

Covalent bonds are the bonds formed between two atoms by mutual sharing of electrons to complete the octate. In a Chlorine molecule, the atom has seven electrons in the outermost shell. So, it shares one electron with another chlorine atom. This electron circles around both the atoms. What it means is, one atom of chlorine, say a₁, shares an electron which circles around both the atoms and the other atom, say a₂, shares one electron which circles around both the atoms. In this way the octate of both of them is completed.

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