Yellow ball=hydrogen atomBlack ball=carbon atom
Red ball=oxygen atom
Wood stick=polar covalent bond
The photograph above shows methanol molecule that has chemical formula CH3OH or CH4O. The structure of the methanol molecule is based on one trigonal pyramid structure for 3 hydrogen atoms in one carbon atom and one linear structure that bonded with oxygen and hydrogen atoms. Therefore, both trigonal pyramid and linear structure are single bonded each other to form methanol molecule. Another way of saying the methanol structure will be this: it is composed of 3 elements, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. One carbon atom with 3 hydrogen atoms is bonded to oxygen atom that is bonded with one hydrogen. All of the bonds in methanol molecule are single bonds.
