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Bonding pair vs bonding region

Hey I don’t get the difference between bonding pairs and bonding regions Plz care to explain…
I’m doing ocr a btw a level
Original post by Alevelhelp.1
Hey I don’t get the difference between bonding pairs and bonding regions Plz care to explain…
I’m doing ocr a btw a level

A bonding pair is basically just a single covalent or dative covalent bond.

A bonding region is an umbrella term for any kind of bond around a central atom, for example the C=O bond in H2CO.

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