The Beechmont Crest Online Guide to Organic Chemistry
CHEMICAL BONDS: WHAT ARE THEY?
Chemical bonds form when electron clouds overlap. For example, in a molecule of methane (CH4), there is an overlap in electron clouds to form each C-H bond.
The first diagram represents a simple, common way of representing methane graphically. The second diagram is a figurative representation of the overlapping electron clouds that are involved.
