Double & Triple Bonds

Sharing more than one pair

An interactive lesson with 7 steps, about 6 minutes: you predict, drag and solve, with instant feedback on every answer. It runs in your browser and needs JavaScript.

What you’ll learn

• Atoms can share two pairs (double bond) or three (triple bond).
• More shared pairs: shorter, stronger bonds, but each extra pair adds less.

Steps

1. When one pair isn’t enough
2. Oxygen gas
3. Nitrogen gas
4. Carbon dioxide
5. Shorter and stronger
6. Twice as strong?
7. Hydrogen cyanide