What elements form nonpolar covalent bonds?

1 Answer
Dec 5, 2016

#"Homonuclear diatomics.........."#; the first 9 elements for a start.

Explanation:

#"Dihydrogen, dihelium cation, dilithium, diberyllium, diboron,"#
#"dicarbon, dinitrogen, dioxygen, difluorine"#.

Now you could only put four of these molecules in a bottle, which ones? However, I think all of these beasts have been observed spectroscopically. For a homonuclear diatomic, as each element is identical and necessarily has the SAME electronegativity, there can no #"bond polarity"#, no unequal sharing of electron density.