| Carbon | Nitrogen | Oxygen | Sulfur | Phosphorous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single bond | 
| 
tetrahedral (blue) | tetrahedral (red) | tetrahedral (yellow) | tetrahedral (magenta)
| Double bond | 
| trigonal (blue) | trigonal (red) | trigonal (yellow) |
| Triple bond | 
| linear (blue) |
| |
The following table shows the atomic centers from the molecular kits used to create single, double or triple bonds for carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and phosphorous.
| Carbon | Nitrogen | Oxygen | Sulfur | Phosphorous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single bond |
|
| tetrahedral (blue) | tetrahedral (red) | tetrahedral (yellow) | tetrahedral (magenta)
| Double bond |
| trigonal (blue) | trigonal (red) | trigonal (yellow) |
| Triple bond |
| linear (blue) |
| |
Other atoms that will be used to build molecular models include hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, bromine and iodine. The following table shows these atoms as represented by the molecular model kit.
| Element | Color | Model - kit 1 | Model - kit 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen | white | 
| 
|
| Chlorine | dark green | 
| 
|
| Fluorine | light green | 
| |
| Bromine | orange | 
| |
| Iodine | purple | 
|
