is H2SO4 an ionic compound or a covalent compound? what is the electronic dot structure of H2SO4 ?

H2SO4 is Sulfuric acid

Structure of Sulphuric acid.. It is a covalent compound.

  • The structure of H2SO4 is tetrahedral.
  • The centre of tetrahedron contains S-atom. The 2 corners of it contain oxygen atoms where each O-atom is bonded with S-atom by double bonds.
  • The Other remaining 2 corners contain 2 OH groups where each OH is bonded with S-atom with single bond.
  • OH are also bonded with each other by single bond.

The electron dot structure of Sulphuric acid is given below:

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h2so4 is a ionic compound

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h2so4 is a covalent compound. I'm unable to explain about dot  structre online because my system does not supports this.

  JAI HIND.

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THEN WHY DOES H2SO4 DISSOCIATE AS 2H+ AND SO42- .GIVE AN EXPLANATION PLEASE BEFORE GIVING THUMBS DOWN.

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I WANT AN EXPLANATION FROM PEOPLE REGARDING SULPHURIC ACID TO BE A COVALENT  COMPOUND. PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ GIVE MR.KARAN I WANT TO KNOW HOW SULPHURIC ACID IS A COVALENT KYUNKI MAINE KABHI ACID KO SOLID FORM MEIN NAHIN DEKHA HAI.KYA PATA AAP NE DEKHO HO??????/???
 

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Its covalent...The reason why H2SO4 contains only covalent bonds is because in the structure, you have S-H bonds and S-O bonds. These bonds are formed by the sharing of electrons between S and H and S and O. They dont have a tendancy to ionize. Only certain groups of atoms have a tendency to ionize and form ionic bonds. Usually, these atoms have VERY different electronegativities

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