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The 110 pages that link to Ionic bonding, each with the reason it gives.

• Covalent bondCompared with: Unlike covalent bonding, the usual model emphasizes transferred electrons and charged ions.

• Intermolecular forceCompared with: Its extended ionic lattice differs from forces between discrete molecules.

• Van der Waals forceCompared with: Unlike van der Waals forces, ionic bonding involves full charges rather than fluctuating or permanent dipoles.

• Pi bondCompared with: Unlike ionic bonding, a pi bond involves shared electron density between atoms.

• Metallic bondingCompared with: Unlike metallic bonding, ionic bonding centers on distinct cations and anions.

• Disulfide bondCompared with: Ionic interactions can stabilize proteins but do not join cysteine sulfur atoms covalently.

• Carbon–carbon bondCompared with: Unlike this shared-electron bond, ionic bonding joins charged species electrostatically.

• Coordinate covalent bondCompared with: Unlike an ionic bond, a coordinate covalent bond involves a shared electron pair.

• Hard and soft acids and basesCompared with: HSAB preferences also apply to ionic interactions, not only coordinate bonds.

• Noncovalent interactionCompared with: Its classification as a bond contrasts with electrostatic attractions that do not create an ionic solid.

• Diatomic moleculeCompared with: Some two-atom species, such as sodium chloride molecules in the gas phase, are strongly ionic.

• Hypervalent moleculeCompared with: Highly polar bonds can make an expanded-octet Lewis picture less representative of shared electron density.

• Single bondCompared with: Unlike a single covalent bond, it is described by ion formation rather than a shared electron pair.

• Polar covalent bondCompared with: It contrasts with polar covalent bonding, where electrons remain shared rather than fully transferred.

• Chemical polarityCompared with: It marks the strongly charge-separated limit often contrasted with covalent bond polarity.

• Dinitrogen pentoxideCompared with: The solid is ionic, unlike the molecular gas phase.