page_title: Bent bond
hierarchical_section_title: Bent bond
caption_attribution_description: English: Coulson_Moffit_Model, cyclopropane bent bonds
context_page_description: In organic chemistry, a bent bond, also known as a banana bond, is a type of covalent chemical bond with a geometry somewhat reminiscent of a banana. The term itself is a general representation of electron density or configuration resembling a similar "bent" structure within small ring molecules, such as cyclopropane or as a representation of double or triple bonds within a compound that is an alternative to the sigma and pi bond model.
context_section_description: In organic chemistry, a bent bond, also known as a banana bond, is a type of covalent chemical bond with a geometry somewhat reminiscent of a banana. The term itself is a general representation of electron density or configuration resembling a similar "bent" structure within small ring molecules, such as cyclopropane (C₃H₆) or as a  representation of double or triple bonds within a compound that is an alternative to the sigma and pi bond model.
caption: One of the first bent bond theories for cyclopropane was the so-called Coulson-Moffitt model (1947).
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