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Retardation factor

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Distance travelled by component/distance travelled by the solvent from original spot

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When do resonance structures occur?

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When there is more than one possible place for a double bond in a molecule

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Covalent bond

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Sharing of electrons between atoms to form a noble gas electron configuration (known as octet rule) due to electrostatic attraction

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Single covalent bond

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When one pair of electrons is shared between two atoms

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Lewis formula

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Formula that shows all of the outer valence electrons for each atom in the molecule

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What happens to the bond length and bond strength when pairs of shared electrons increases?

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Generally, bond length decreases and bond strength increases as number of shared pairs of electrons increases

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Coordinate covalent bond

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When both electrons are contributed from the same atom

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Octet rule

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Atoms bond together and share electrons to gain a full outer shell

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Why don’t noble gases form compounds?

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They are already stable with a full outer shell.

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Most electronegative atom

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Flourine

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Atoms lower in the periodic table… (octet rule)

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Can defy the octet rule

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Electronegativity

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The relative attraction that an atom has for a shared pair of elections when covalently bonded.

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What is electronegativity measured in?

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Pauling scale

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Electronegativity trends…

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Increase across a period and up a group so N, O, F are most electronegative

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A covalent bond between two atoms of the same element will be

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Non-polar as bonding is shared equally

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A covalent bond between two atoms of different elements will be

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Polar as bonds will be attracted to each other

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What happens if the difference between electronegativity is greater than about 1.8?

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The bonding pair of electrons moves completely towards the more electronegative atom and bonding becomes ionic.

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Electron affinity

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The amount of energy released when an electron attaches to a neutral atom or molecule in the gaseous state to form an anion.

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Bond polarity

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The distribution of electric charge across a chemical bond between two atoms.

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Molecular polarity

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A molecule (or polyatomic ion) is polar when one side of the molecule is more positive (or more negative) than the other

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Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion

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States that pairs of electrons are arranged around the central atom i a simple molecule or ion so that they are mutually repulsive

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What does the VSEPR theory apply to?

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Strictly speaking only electron domains but for most purposes, electron pairs

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All electrons in a multiple bond must…

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Point in the same direction

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What is the order of repulsion?

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Non bonding : non bonding > non bonding : bonding > bonding : bonding

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To determine whether a molecule is polar or non polar, consider ...
Both the electronegativities of the bonded atoms and the shape of the molecule
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Molecules are polar when
Their bond dipoles do not cancel out, bent shape
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Molecules are non polar when
Their bond dipoles cancel out, when dipoles are equal, linear shape
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Covalent network structure
Lattice of atoms that are covalently bonded together
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Covalent molecules b/m points
Are very high
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Covalent molecules conductivity
Poor conductors as all electrons are localised and so cannot carry charge
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Allotropes chemical and physical properties
Are different as they have different bonding and structural properties
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Diamond
Bonded tetrahedrally to four other carbon atoms, is hardest natural substance
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Graphite
Allotrope of carbon, trigonal planar bonding to three other carbons and so layers held together by weak bonds. Delocalised electrons so good conductor of electricity.
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Buckminsterfullerence
60 carbon atoms, arranged in rings to form a sphere
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Silicon/silicon dioxide
Tetrahedral bonding so no free electrons, hard, high melting point and can't conduct.
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Van der Waal's forces of attraction
General term that covers all weak forces of attraction between molecules
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London dispersion forces
Exist between all particles, thought to occur due to the formation of temporary instantaneous dipoles caused by uneven spread of electrons
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What are london dispersion forces responsible for?
Attractive forces between non-polar moleculars and although they are weak, they increase with increasing mass
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What is the only force of attraction between non-polar molecules?
London dispersion force
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Why do molecules with only london dispersion forces have low boiling/melting points?
Only a small amount of energy is required to overcome the london dispersion forces and seperate the molecules.
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Dipole-dipole forces of attraction
Polar molecules attracted to other polar molecules by electrostatic attractions
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Dipole
When electrons are shared unequally between atoms in the same molecule due to a high difference in the electronegativity which causes a separation of charges
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Hydrogen bonding
When a molecule containing hydrogen bonds directly to one of the three most electronegative atoms (F, N, O)
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What is the order of strength of van der waal's forces?
London dispersion < dipole-diole < hydrogen bonding < covalent < ionic
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The stronger the attractive forces,
The less volatile the molecule and the higher the boiling point
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What happens to solubility as the polarity of a molecule increases?
It increases as attraction to the polar water molecules also increases.
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Why are covalent molecules poor conductors of electricity?
Their electrons are localised.
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How can a coordinate covalent bond be shown?
An arrow instead of a line
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Electron deficient
Atoms that can form stable covalent compounds with an incomplete octet
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How do you know if a covalent bond is polar/nonpolar?
Electronegativity difference of 0-0.4=non polar, 0.4-1.7=polar, 1.8+=ionic
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Chemical evidence to support benzene resonance structure
Undergoes substitution instead of addition reactions, only exists in one form
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Physical evidence to support benzene resonance structure
- Bond lengths are all equal - Enthalpy of hydrogenation is low
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Delocalisation energy in benzene
Accounts for the extra stability due to delocalised electrons and has to be overcome before addition reactions can occur so that's why benzene undergoes substitution reactions
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What does formal charge assume?
That the octet rule always work and that all atoms in the molecule have the same electronegativity
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Formal charge formula
Number of valence electrons - (non bonding electrons - 1/2 number of bonding electrons)
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Sigma bond
When two atomic orbitals combine along a line to form a molecular orbital
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Pi bond
When two p orbitals combine sideways to form one molecular orbital
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How many sigma/pi bonds in single/double/triple bonds?
Single - 1 sigma Double - 1 sigma, 1 pi Triple - 1 sigma, 2 pi
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sp3 hybridisation
Three p orbitals, 1 s orbital combine to form four sp3 orbitals
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sp2 hybridisation
Two p orbitals, 1 s orbital, combine to form three sp2 orbitals and one unhybridized p orbital - double bond Mixing of one s and two p atomic orbitals, which involves the promotion of one electron in the s orbital to one of the 2p atomic orbitals. Three new sp2 orbitals equal in energy-level + one unhybridized p orbital
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sp hybridisation
One p orbital, 1 s orbital, form 2 hybrid orbitals and 2 unhybridized p orbitals
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What shape forms sp hybridisation?
Linear
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What shape forms sp2 hybridisation?
Trigonal planar
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What shape forms sp3 hybridisation?
Tetrahedral
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What forms the pi bonds in benzene?
The delocalised p orbitals
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Paper chromatography
Used to seperate components in a mixture - spot of mixture rises up paper depending on it's affinity for the phase
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Thin layer chromatography
Alumina on a glass plate is use and components partition between solvent and paper
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Liquid column chromatography
Sample is placed on a packed column, solvent is poured down the column and so seperated.
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Gas-liquid chromatography
Used to analyse voliate substances in the gas phase. Mobile phase is the inert gas that carries molecules through the analyte.
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What is the preferred formula?
The formula where all atoms have formal charge closest to zero
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Single bond trends (hybridisation, arrangement, pi v sigma)
1 sigma bond, sp3 hybridisation, tetrahedral shape
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Double bond trends (hybridisation, arrangement, pi v sigma)
1 sigma, 1 pi bond, sp2 hybridisation, trigonal planar shape `
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Triple bond trends (hybridisation, arrangement, pi v sigma)
1 sigma, 2 pi bonds, sp hybridisation, linear arrangement
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Benzene hybridisation
All 6 carbons have sp2 hybridisation and the 6 p atomic orbitals with one electron each form a delocalised pi bond above and below the plane of the molecule that contains 6 electrons

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