BRAINCAKEDative Covalent Bonds
A dative covalent bond is formed when an empty orbital of one atom overlaps with an orbital containing a non-bonding pair (lone pair) of electrons of another atom.
It is a shared pair of electrons where both electrons are supplied by only one of the atoms involved in the bond.
A dative covalent bond or a co-ordinate bond is a covalent bond in which the shared pair of electrons has been supplied by only one of the bonding atoms.
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