Formal Charge
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 9:55 pm
by Parsia Vazirnia 2L
I noticed that in the course reader the definition for Formal charge is that it "indicates gain or loss of electrons while forming covalent bond". So can you find the formal charge for an ionic bond?
Re: Formal Charge
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:47 pm
by Chris_Rudewicz_3H
Ionic bonds are usually not written with dashes to show bonds like how covalent bonds are represented. The ions should have their own respective charges in the corner in the case of ionic bonds.