Please note that many simple covalent compounds have common, rather than systematic names. Please memorize the common names of the following three compounds: • H2O water • NH3 ammonia • CH4 methane Covalent compounds containing more than two non-metal elements become increasingly more difficult Methane is thus a polar molecule. When hydrogen is bonded to one of the three most electronegative elements, F, O or N, the molecule exhibits hydrogen bonding. This is a very strong intermolecular...