Question

How many covalent bonds are there in a molecule of ethene, C2H4?
5 or 6?

should we consider the double covalent bond between two carbon atoms as one or two covalent bonds?

Answer 1

there are five covalent bond in molecule of Etheneand the distribution is 4 covalent bonds of hydrogen and 1 double covalent bond of carbon

Answer 2

Bonds in ethene

Explanation:

Ethene is a hydrocarbon alkene made up of 2 carbon atoms bonded to each other with a double covalent bond. each carbon has 2 hydrogen atoms covalently attached to it.

The total number of covalent bonds in an ethene molecule is 5

The double bond between the 2 carbon atoms is considered as 1 double bond rather than 2 single bonds.