Covalent Bonds

Covalent bonding is a type of a chemical bond in which the electrons are shared between the atoms involved. For many molecules, covalent bonding allows for both to attain the goal of a full outer shell. There are many different types of covalent bonds such as sigma bonds, pi bonds and agostic interactions. Covalent bonds require that the electrons be at a similar electronegativity rather than the same number of protons.