Saleha Pervez and Shikha Goel Solutions for Chapter: Chemical Bonding, Exercise 3: CHECK POINT 03

On the basis of electron transfer or sharing, distinguish coordinate bonds from electrovalent and covalent bonds.

Using the examples of ammonium ion $\left(\mathrm{N}{\mathrm{H}}_4^{+}\right)$ and hydronium ion $\left({\mathrm{H}}_3{\mathrm{O}}^{+}\right)$, discuss the significance of lone pair in the formation of coordinate bond.

Draw the electron dot structure of hydroxyl ion.

Name the compound which contains all the three types of bonds.

What is self-ionisation of water?