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Molecular Structure
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Chemical Bonding
Problems and questions
How is a molecule or polyatomic
ion held together?
Why are atoms distributed at
strange angles?
Why are molecules not flat?
Can we predict the structure?
How is structure related to
chemical and physical properties?
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Ionic compounds
- essentially complete electron
transfer from an element of low IE
(metal) to an element of high
electron affinity (EA) (nonmetal)
Ionic
Bonds
NaCl (s)
- NON-DIRECTIONAL bonding
via Coulomb (charge) interaction
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Covalent Bonding
Covalent bond is the sharing of the VALENCE
[Ar] 3d10
valence
3s1
4s2 4p5
Br Br
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Valence Electrons
1A
2A
3A
4A
5A
6A
8A
7A
Covalent Bonding
The bond arises from the mutual attraction of
2 nuclei for the same electrons.
HA + HB
HA
HB
6_H2bond.mov
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Bond Formation
A bond can result from a head-to-head overlap
of atomic orbitals on neighboring atoms.
Cl
Cl
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sigmabond( )
6_H2pot.mov
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sigmabond( )
e.g.
F2
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Electron
Distribution in
Molecules
Electron distribution
is depicted with
Lewis electron
dot structures
Electrons are
distributed as:
shared or BOND
PAIRS and
unshared or LONE
PAIRS.
G. N. Lewis
1875 - 1946
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Cl
Unshared or
lone pair (LP)
shared or bond pair
12
13
4 pairs
14
H N H
H
H N H
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O
16
17
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() bond.
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H2CO
SO3
C2F4
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or 9 pairs
bring in
left pair
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Equivalent structures
called:
OR bring in
right pair
S O
RESONANCE
STRUCTURES
S O
O=S=O
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Urea (NH2)2CO
1. Number of valence electrons = 24 e2. Draw sigma bonds.
H N
Leaves 24 - 14 = 10 e- pairs.
N H
H
N H
H
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BF3
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SF4
Bonding and Structure
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Boron Trifluoride
Central atom = B
Valence electrons = 3 + 3*7 = 24
or electron pairs = 12
Assemble dot structure
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S
F
atom. A common
F
F
2nd period.
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6 - (1/ 2)(4) - 4 = 0
At CARBON
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4 - (1/ 2)(8) - 0 = 0
Bonding and Structure
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C atom
charge is 0.
6 - (1/ 2)(6) - 2 = +1
AND the corresponding
resonance form
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OR
Answer ?
Form without formal charges is
BETTER - no +ve charge on O
C
C
-0.73
+1.46
-0.73
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fc = 7 - 2 - 4 = +1
Fluorine
fc = 3 - 4 - 0 = -1
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Boron
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S=C - N
C.
S-C N
-0.52
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-0.16
-0.32
C>A>B
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