Structure
Type
of Bond: Covalent
Percent
Composition by Number
C
= 33.3%
H
= 53.8%
N
= 5.13%
O
= 5.13%
Cl
= 2.56%
Percent
Composition by Mass
C = 57.2%
H
= 7.71%
N
= 10.3%
Cl
= 13.0%
Novocaine is a covalent bond, and the reason that it is a covalent bond is because all of the atoms are non- metals. The compound Novocaine is made up of 13 Carbon atoms 21 Hydrogen atoms 2 Nitrogen atoms 2 Oxygen atoms and 1 Chlorine atom. In the structure of Novocaine, there is a double oxygen bond, and the chlorine atom that is in the compound, sort of dangles off to one side.
