HYDROCHLORIC ACID IS ELECTROPOSITIVE IN NATURE WHY IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS IONIC BOND?

Question

it dissociates into H+ and Cl- in the way in which ionic compounds do.It has electrostatic forces of attraction and is an electrolyte and conducts electricity.Is it ionic or covalent?say the reason too

Answer 1

Remember in your heart that almost all acids are covalent. The mechanism of the disassociation of acid molecule is the proton transfer from the acid molecule to water molecule, forming a hydroxonium cation:

H2O + HX → H3O + X-.

The result is that water molecule provides a lone pair to accomodate proton and H-X bond breaks, X- is formed.

Thus, an acid is an electrolyte and conducts electricity in aqueous solutions, but it is covalent.