08-08 | Title | Representations of hydrogen chloride | Caption | Representations of the polar hydrogen chloride molecule. (a) A space-filling model of the molecule, HCl. (b) A diagram depicting the unequal distribution of electron density in the hydrogen chloride molecule. (c) Shared electrons in the bond are attracted unequally toward chlorine, the more electronegative atom, so chlorine carries a partial negative charge, symbolized *-. The symbols *+ and *- indicate partial positive and partial negative charges, respectively. (d) Polarity can also be symbolized by the crossed arrow that points toward the more electronegative atom in a covalent bond. | Keywords | hydrogen chloride, polar, covalent bond, space-filling, model, shared electrons, partial charge, electonegative, molecule | |