In general, covalent compounds do not conduct electric current in a water solution well because they do not dissociate into ions.

a. True

b. False

The answer is a. True. Covalent compounds do not conduct electric or does not have electrical properties when dissolved in water as the free moving electrons shared from its original structure is removed when it was dissolved.

True

Explanation:

Covalent compounds are compounds that are formed when two or more non-metals combine to form a compound. There are many examples such as N₂, or CO₂, C₆H₁₂O₆ (glucose), and all of these compounds have one thing in common, they do not have ionic bonds within their compounds, only covalent bonds.

An example of an ionic compound would be NaCl (salt). This is an ionic compound because within the compound, it experiences ionic bonds between the sodium (Na) and the chlorine (Cl), and because of its ionic bonds, when dissolved in water, the molecules of NaCl separate to form Na⁺ and Cl⁻ ions.

In a covalent compound, this does not occur, hence they do not conduct electricity in a water solution because they do not dissociate into ions.