what name is given to bonds that involve the sharing of electrons
A covalent bond forming H2 (right) where two hydrogen atoms share the two electrons. A covalent bond, also called a molecular bond, is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms. These electron pairs are known as shared pairs or bonding pairs, and the stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms, when they share electrons, is known as covalent bonding.