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    "api": "YAML JSON TOON Database",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "format": "json",
    "dataset": {
        "slug": "chemical-bond-types",
        "title": "Chemical Bond Types",
        "description": "Primary types of chemical bonds and interactions.",
        "summary": "The principal types of chemical bonding and interaction: ionic, covalent, metallic, hydrogen and van der Waals bonds, with polar and nonpolar covalent bonds, coordinate bonds, dipole-dipole, London dispersion and ion-dipole forces, each with an example.",
        "use_when": [
            "You need to classify a bond or explain why a substance has a certain melting point or solubility.",
            "You are comparing strong (intramolecular) and weak (intermolecular) interactions."
        ],
        "caveats": [
            "Bond types are idealizations; most bonds have mixed ionic and covalent character.",
            "Hydrogen bonds and van der Waals forces are attractions between molecules, much weaker than covalent or ionic bonds."
        ],
        "related": [
            "organic-functional-groups",
            "common-acids-bases",
            "periodic-table-first-30"
        ],
        "category": "Chemistry",
        "category_slug": "chemistry",
        "tags": "chemistry,bonds,compounds",
        "view_count": 0,
        "entry_count": 11,
        "fields": [
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "bond",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Ionic"
            },
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "description",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Electrostatic attraction between oppositely cha…"
            },
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "example",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "NaCl"
            }
        ]
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "bond": "Ionic",
            "description": "Electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions.",
            "example": "NaCl"
        },
        {
            "bond": "Covalent",
            "description": "Atoms share electron pairs.",
            "example": "H2O"
        },
        {
            "bond": "Metallic",
            "description": "Electrons are delocalized among metal cations.",
            "example": "Cu, Fe"
        },
        {
            "bond": "Hydrogen",
            "description": "Attraction between a hydrogen atom and an electronegative atom.",
            "example": "H2O hydrogen bonds"
        },
        {
            "bond": "Van der Waals",
            "description": "Weak intermolecular forces from transient dipoles.",
            "example": "Noble gas liquids"
        },
        {
            "bond": "Polar Covalent",
            "description": "Electrons are shared unequally because the atoms differ in electronegativity, giving partial charges.",
            "example": "HCl"
        },
        {
            "bond": "Nonpolar Covalent",
            "description": "Electrons are shared equally or nearly equally between atoms of similar electronegativity.",
            "example": "H2, N2"
        },
        {
            "bond": "Coordinate (Dative) Covalent",
            "description": "Both bonding electrons come from one atom.",
            "example": "NH4+ formed from NH3 and H+"
        },
        {
            "bond": "Dipole-Dipole",
            "description": "Attraction between the partial positive end of one polar molecule and the partial negative end of another.",
            "example": "Acetone molecules"
        },
        {
            "bond": "London Dispersion",
            "description": "Weak attraction from temporary fluctuations in electron distribution; present in all molecules.",
            "example": "Noble gases, methane"
        },
        {
            "bond": "Ion-Dipole",
            "description": "Attraction between an ion and a polar molecule, important in dissolving salts.",
            "example": "Na+ surrounded by water molecules"
        }
    ]
}