Unit 3 Flashcards
Triple bond
A covalent bond involving three electron pairs.
Single bond
A covalent bond involving one electron pair.
Resonance structure
Individual Lewis structures in cases where two or more Lewis structures are equally good descriptions of a single molecule. The resonance structures are averaged.
Polar molecule
A molecule that possesses a nonzero dipole moment.
Polar covalent bond
A covalent bond in which the electrons are not shared equally.
Octet rule
A rule stating that bonded atoms tend to possess or share a total of 8 valence electrons.
Nonpolar covalent bond
A covalent bond in which the electrons are shared equally.
Metallic bond
Bonding, usually in solid metals, in which the bonding electrons are relatively free to move throughout the 3D structure.
Lewis symbol
(electron dot symbol)
The chemical symbol for an element with a dot for each electron valence electron.
Lattice energy
The energy required to separate completely the ions in an ionic solid.
Ionic bond
A bond between oppositely charged ions. The ions are formed from atoms by transfer of one or more electrons.
Formal charge
The number of valence electrons in an isolated atom minus the number of electrons assigned to the atom in the Lewis structure.
Electronegativity
A measure of the ability of an atom that is bonded to another atom to attract electrons to itself.
Double bond
A covalent bond involving two electron pairs.
Dipole moment
A measure of the separation & magnitude of the positive & negative charges in polar molecules.
Dipole
A molecule with one end having a partial negative charge & the other end having a partial positive charge.
A polar molecule.
Covalent bond
A bond formed between two or more atoms by a sharing of electrons.
Chemical bond
A strong attractive force that exists between atoms in a molecule.
Born-Haber cycle
A thermodynamic cycle based on Hess’ Law that relates the lattice energy of ionic substance to its enthalpy of formation & to other measurable quantities.
Bond polarity
A measure of the degree to which the electrons are shared unequally between two atoms in a chemical bond.
Bond enthalpy
The enthalpy change, [delta] H, required to break a particular bond when the substance is in the gas phase.
*There are 3 exceptions to the octet rule*
A ___ atom is surrounded by enough ___ electronegative atoms that it has more than an octet of electrons around it.
A large atom is surrounded by enough small electronegative atoms that it has more than an octet of electrons around it.
*There are 3 exceptions to the octet rule*
It is not possible to complete an octet without forcing ___.
It is not possible to complete an octet without forcing an unfavorable distribution of electrons.
*There are 3 exceptions to the octet rule*
A molecule has a(n) ___ number of electrons.
A molecule has an odd number of electrons.
The ___ the electronegativity difference between elements, the ___ polar the bond.
The greater the electronegativity difference between elements, the more polar the bond.
Electronegativity generally ___ from left to right across periods and ___ going down a group.
Electronegativity generally increases from left to right across periods and decreases going down a group.
Deca-
10
Nona-
Nine
Octa-
Eight
Hepta-
Seven