Chemistry > Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure > 8.0 Coordinate Bond
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
1.0 Ionic Bond or Electrovalent Bond
2.0 Lattice Energy
3.0 Characteristics of Electrovalent Compounds
4.0 Covalent Bond (By Mutual Sharing of Electrons)
5.0 Characteristics of Covalent Compounds
6.0 Fajan’s Rule
7.0 Hydrogen Bonding
8.0 Coordinate Bond
9.0 Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory
10.0 Valence Bond Theory
11.0 Sigma and Pi Bonds ($\sigma $ and $\pi $ Bonds)
12.0 Hybridisation
12.1 Types of hybridization and spatial orientation of hybrid orbitals
12.2 Method of predicting the Hybrid state of the central atom in covalent molecules of polyatomic ions
13.0 Molecular Orbital Theory
8.1 Characteristics of Coordinate Compounds
12.2 Method of predicting the Hybrid state of the central atom in covalent molecules of polyatomic ions
The properties of coordinate compounds are intermediate between the properties of electrovalent compounds and covalent compounds. The main properties are described below:
- Melting and Boiling Points: Their melting and boiling points are higher than purely covalent compounds and lower than ionic compounds.
- Solubility: These are sparingly soluble in polar solvents like water but readily soluble in non-polar (organic) solvents.
- Conductivity: Like covalent compounds, these are also bad conductors of electricity. The solutions or fused mass do not allow the passage of electricity.
