Difference between Bonds [ENDORSED]

[Justin Bui 2L]

For clarification, there has to be a sigma bond before a pi bond, and there only has to be 1 sigma bond for something like a triple bond, correct? In a triple bond, there is a sigma bond and 2 pi bonds?

[AtreyiMitra2L]

yes this is correct.

[An Dang 3F]

Yes there always has to be a sigma bond because every covalent molecule has a sigma bond while not every covalent molecule has a pi bond. Pi bonds are onl;y found in double or triplr bonds.

[Jorge Gomez3F]

The first bond made is a sigma bond, any bond after that becomes a pi bond

[juliaschreib1A]

Sigma is always the first bond and then followed by pi bonds. For example, a triple bond is made up of a sigma bond and 2 pi bonds.

[Taizha 1C]

What is an example of how we may be given a test question for sigma and pi bonds?

[OrAmar-1L]

What is an example of how we may be given a test question for sigma and pi bonds?

He'll probably give us a molecule and tell us to draw the lewis structure and label the sigma and pi bonds.

[Carlos De La Torre 2L]

A sigma bond is always first due to the fact that it is lower energy, so if the molecule always picks a lower energy state, it makes sense that a sigma bond is first, it is only after then that any other bond formed are pi because they require more energy then a sigma bond but less energy than the individual atoms, so there is usually 1 sigma bond and n-1 pi bonds with n being total number of bonds