⚡️⚡️⚡️chem Flashcards
Do the overlapping orbitals have to be the same type when a bond is formed?
No
How many p orbitals are required to form two sp hybrid orbitals?
1
Order the following in increasing bond length: double bond, single bond, triple bond
Triple bond, double bond, single bond
What is the electron pair geometry of a molecule with 6 domains?
Octahedral
How can a molecule have an expanded valence shell?
The central atoms has a principal quantum number greater than or equal to 3. (ex. SF6)
What are the basic rules of molecular orbital theory?
- Regions in which the phases of the atomic orbitals are the same add constructively to produce large lobes, but regions in which the phases are opposite add deconstructively and often annihilate.
- The number of molecular orbitals produced must equal the number of atomic orbitals used in their construction.
The line between two atoms in a bond.
Internuclear axis
What is the distance where attractions balance repulsions in a compound?
Bond length
Bonds that place bonding electron density above and below, but not on, the internuclear axis.
Produces from the side-on overlap and contain a nodal plane through the internuclear axis.
Pi bonds
What is the formula for finding the formal charge of an atom?
FC of an atom= VE- NBE - 1/2(BE)
What is the common name of CH4?
Methane
What are the two ways that MO’s can be represented using AO’s?
MOs can be represented by either the resulting combination or as the combing orbitals
(Book uses the latter method where spheres showing the sign and relative magnitude of the contributing AOs will be shown)
Which element can only form a duet of electrons in covalent bonds?
Hydrogen
AB3E2
T- shaped
How do electrons occupying bonding orbitals affect the energy of the system?
They lower the energy of system and make the MO more bonding
Bonds in which the bonding electron density falls on the internuclear axis.
Result from end-on overlap and place electron density on the internuclear axis
Sigma bonds
AB3
Trigonal planar
A theory that states that each bond results from the overlap of two atomic orbitals on 2 adjacent atoms.
The bonding electrons in such bonds are localized in the region between the two tons.
Valence bond theory
How many p orbitals does an sp hybridized atom have available to form pi bonds?
2
The tendency of nonmetals to obtain 8 valence electrons.
Octet rule
AB5E1
Square pyramidal
What are the 3 types of bonding?
Covalent bonding
Ionic bonding
Metallic bonding
What is the bond order of a single bond?
1
AB3E1
Trigonal pyramidal
According to molecular orbital theory, what do bonding interactions result from?
They result when the interacting lobes of the atomic orbitals have the same phase.
What is the electron pair geometry of a molecule with 3 domains?
trigonal planar
How are the properties of ionic and covalent compounds different when they are in liquid phases?
In the liquid state, ionic compounds form ions and are good conductors of electricity, while covalent compounds do not form ions and are poor conductors of electricity
How are 3 sp2 hybrid orbitals formed?
Produced by combining one s and two p orbitals
Two p orbitals are used in hybridization, therefore only one p orbital remains to form a pi bond
Have one double bond
T/F Formal charge is always the actual charge of an atom.
False
How do you form a constructive wave?
By adding the regions on the same side.
Produces a region of increased amplitude
How many pi/sigma bonds do double bonds contain?
One sigma bond and one pi bond
It describes the shape adopted by only the atoms
Molecular shape
What results from the combination of opposite orbital which produces a nodal plane perpendicular to the bonding axis?
Sigma* bonding orbital
Orbitals constructed from the addition and subtraction of one s and one p orbital
(s+p and s-p)
Sp Hybrid orbitals
Pairs of electrons that are not involved in bonding.
Lone pairs
forms when two atoms share two pairs of electrons
Double bond
The combinations of s and p orbitals used to construct new orbitals for orbitals that adopt the geometries of two, three, and four electron groups.
Hybridization orbitals
In a molecular compound, which element is named first?
The least electronegative element
What bond is formed when the difference in electronegativity between two atoms is between 0 and 2?
Polar covalent bond
What is the common name of NH3?
Ammonia
AB5
Trigonal bipyramidal
How many sigma bonds can a single bond contain?
Each bond can only contain one sigma bond!
What happens to the electron density between the bound atoms in the combination of orbitals of the same phase?
It is increased making it the pi bonding orbital
How many electrons does each line in a bond represent?
Two
What is the max number of of overlapping atomic orbitals that can be used to produce a single bond?
2
Forms when two atoms share three pairs of electrons
Triple bond
What is an example of when the overlapping orbitals are not the same?
In an H-F bond
There is an overlap between the 1s orbital of H and the 2p orbital of F.
The lone pairs on fluorine would reside in its s and remaining p orbitals.
What are the relative strengths of the lone pair bonding, bonding pair-bonding pair, and lone pair- lone pair interactions?
Lone pair-lone pair (strongest)
Lone pair- bonding pair (2nd strongest)
Bonding pair-bonding pair (weakest)
What is are the exceptions to the octet rule?
Free radicals and expanded valence shells
What must the number of orbitals produced equal when mixing orbitals?
The number of atomic orbitals that are mixed
Ex. Mixing orbitals A and B must produce two new orbitals.
What is the relationship between bond strength, bond length, and bond order?
As bond order increases, bond strength increases and bond length decreases
(This cannot be applied to bonds of different types)
How are two sp hybrid orbitals formed?
By combining one s and one o orbital.
Only one p orbital is used in their construction, so two p orbitals are available to form pi bonds. (Sp hybrid orbitals form 2 bonds- one triple bond or two double bonds)
AB4
Tetrahedral
How are four sp3 hybrid orbitals formed?
produces by combining the s and all 3 p orbitals
No p orbitals are available to form pi bonds
Form only single bonds
How do electrons occupying the antibonding orbitals affec the energy of the system?
They raise the energy of the system and the MO ales bonding
AB2E1
Bent
What are the prefixes in molecular compounds based on?
The number of atoms in the formula
AB6
Octahedral
How are orbitals needed to account for the molecular geometry of larger molecules formed?
They are produced by mixing the atomic orbitals.
AB4E1
Seesaw
order the following in increasing bond strengths: triple bond, single bond, double bond
Single bond, double bond, triple bond
A diatomic molecule in which the two nuclei are nuclei of different elements.
MOs are not composed of equal amounts of the AOs
Heteronuclear diatomic molecule
The separation between the nuclei at the minimum energy
Bond length
When an atom has more than an octet of electrons.
Expanded valence shell
What does the color of each AO represent in diagrams?
Its phase in the combination
Which type of bond has the largest difference in electronegativity?
Ionic bond
What bond angle is formed between 3 electron groups that reside in the same plane?
120 degrees
What is a type of bond formed when the difference of electronegativity of two atoms is 0?
Covalent bond
How do you name molecular compounds?
Prefix+ name of 1st element
Prefix+ name of 2nd element+ide
The difference between the number of valence electrons in an isolated atom and the number of electrons assigned to that atom in a Lewis structure. Formal charge is the charge an atom would have if all electrons were shared equally.
Formal charge
What is the bond order or a bond (in relation to pi and sigma bonds)?
The sum of sigma and pi bonds that it contains.
What is the bond angle between the two electron groups in a linear molecule?
180 degrees
A model that shows the atoms as spheres and bonds as the penetration of two spheres into one another.
Gives the truest picture of the molecule.
Lone pairs are not usually included.
Space filling model
How are the molecular structures of ionic and covalent compounds different?
Ionic compounds tend to form crystal lattices of alternating ions
Covalent compounds tend to exist as individual molecules with shared electrons
an average of all contributing resonance forms- the molecule doesn’t change back and forth between the resonance structures
Real structure of a resonance hybrid