Discussthetheoreticalconsiderationsinvolvedandusethemtoaccountforthisorder.
Answer:
CH4-weakLondondispersion(vanderWaals)forces
H2S-Londonforces+dipole-dipoleinteractions
NH3-London+dipole+hydrogenbonding
1975D
SupposethatamoleculehastheformulaAB3.Sketchandnametwodifferentshapesthatthismoleculemayhave.Foreachofthetwoshapes,giveanexampleofaknownmoleculethathasthatshape.Foroneofthemoleculesyouhavenamed,interprettheshapeinthecontextofamodernbondingtheory.
Answer:
Example:
trigonalplanar,BF3;trigonalpyramid,NH3
ForBF3,theboronatomissurroundedbythreepairsofelectrons,thearrangementthatwillminimizetherepulsionsisaflat(planar)arrangementwiththeelectronpairsfurthestapartat120ºangles.OR
TheNH3moleculehasfourpairsofelectrons:
threebondingpairsandonenon-bondingpair.Thebestarrangementforfourelectronpairsisatetrahedralstructure(109.5º)withthelone(non-bonding)electronpairattheapexrequiringmorespacethanthebondingpairs,compressingthebondingpairstoanangleof107º.Themolecularstructureisalwaysbasedonthepositionsoftheatoms,thereforeitisatrigonalpyramidratherthanatetrahedron.
1976D
NF3andPF5arestablemolecules.Writetheelectron-dotformulasforthesemolecules.Onthebasisofstructuralandbondingconsiderations,accountforthefactthatNF3andPF5arestablemoleculesbutNF5doesnotexist.
Answer:
Describethesp3bondingforNF3andthesp3dforPF5.
NonexistenceofNF5becauseofnolowenergydorbitalforN.
1978D
Statepreciselywhatismeantbyeachofthefollowingfourterms.Thendistinguishclearlybetweeneachofthetwotermsinpart(a)andbetweeneachofthetwotermsinpart(b),usingchemicalequationsorexampleswherehelpful.
(a)Bondpolarityandmolecularpolarity(dipolemoment)
(b)ForametalM,ionizationenergyandelectrodepotential.
Answer:
(a)Bondpolarity-resultingfromunequalsharingofelectronsbetweenbondingatoms;orfrombondingofatomswithdifferentelectronegativities.
Molecularpolarity-resultoftheseparationofthecentersofpositiveandnegativechargesinanentiremolecule(Thedipolemomentisameasure).;ortheresultofthenon-zerovectorsumofbonddipolesandlone-pairelectrons.
Distinction(normallyincludedwithinthedefinitions).
(b)Ionizationenergy-energyrequiredtoremoveanelectronfromanatom[ifatomisdescribedasgaseousorisolated-1additionalpoint]
Electrodepotential-relatedtoenergyassociatedwithoxidationorreductionorassociatedwithatendencytogainorloseelectrons.
Aquantitymeasuredrelativetothehydrogenelectrodeorrelatedtotheenergychangesinanelectrochemicalcell.
Distinction(normallyincludedwithinthedefinitions).
1979D
DrawLewisstructuresforCO2,H2,SO3andSO32-andpredicttheshapeofeachspecies.
Answer:
1979D
Butane,chloroethane,acetone,and1-propanolallhaveapproximatelythesamemolecularweights.Dataontheirboilingpointsandsolubilitiesinwaterarelistedinthetablebelow.
Compound
Formula
BoilingPt.(ºC)
Solubilityinwater
Butane
CH3CH2CH2CH3
0
insoluble
Chloroethane
CH3CH2Cl
12
insoluble
Acetone
CH3C
CH3
56
completelymiscible
1-Propanol
CH3CH2CH2OH
97
completelymiscible
Onthebasisofdipolemoments(molecularpolarities)and/orhydrogenbonding,explaininaqualitativewaythedifferencesinthe
(a)boilingpointsofbutaneandchloroethane.
(b)watersolubilitiesofchloroethaneandacetone.
(c)watersolubilitiesofbutaneand1-propanol.
(d)boilingpointsofacetoneand1-propanol.
Answer:
(a)Butaneisnonpolar;chloroethaneispolar.Intermolecularforcesofattractioninliquidchloroethanearelargerduetodipole-dipoleattraction;thusahigherboilingpointforchloroethane.
(b)Bothchloroethaneandacetonearepolar.However,acetoneformshydrogenbondstowatermuchmoreeffectivelythanchloroethanedoes,resultingingreatersolubilityofacetoneinwater.
(c)Butaneisnon-polarandcannotformhydrogenbonds;1-propanolispolarandcanformhydrogenbonds.1-propanolcaninteractwithwaterbybothdipole-dipoleforcesandhydrogenbonds.Butanecaninteractwithwaterbyneithermeans.Thus,1-propanolismuchmoresoluble.
(d)AcetonemoleculesareattractedtoeachotherbyvanderWaalsattractionanddipole-dipoleattraction.1-propanolmoleculesshowthesetwotypesofattraction.However,1-propanolcanalsoundergohydrogenbonding.Thisdistinguishingfeatureresultsinthehigherboilingpointof1-propanol.
1982D
(a)DrawtheLewiselectron-dotstructuresforCO32-,CO2,andCO,includingresonancestructureswhereappropriate.
(b)WhichofthethreespecieshastheshortestC-Obondlength?
Explainthereasonforyouranswer.
(c)Predictthemolecularshapesforthethreespecies.Explainhowyouarrivedatyourpredictions.
Answer:
(a)
(b)COhastheshortestbondbecausethereisatriplebond.ORbecausethereisthegreatestnumberofelectronsbetweenCandOinCO.
(c)CO32-trigonalplanar(planarandtriangular).Cbondingissp2hybrid-or-Chasthreebondingpairsandnolonepair.
CO2linear.Cbondingissphybrid-or-Chastwobondingpairsandnolonepairs-or-CO2isnonpolarandmustbelinear.
COlinear.Twoatomsdetermineastraightline.
1982D
Thevaluesofthefirstthreeionizationenergies(I1,I2,I3)formagnesiumandargonareasfollows:
I1
I2
I3
(kJ/mol)
Mg
735
1443
7730
Ar
1525
2665
3945
(a)GivetheelectronicconfigurationsofMgandAr.
(b)Intermsoftheseconfigurations,explainwhythevaluesofthefirstandsecondionizationenergiesofMgaresignificantlylowerthanthevaluesforAr,whereasthethirdionizationenergyofMgismuchlargerthanthethirdionizationenergyofAr.
(c)IfasampleofArinonecontainerandasampleofMginanothercontainerareeachheatedandchlorineispassedintoeachcontainer,whatcompounds,ifany,willbeformed?
Explainintermsoftheelectronicconfigurationsgiveninpart(a).
(d)ElementQhasthefollowingfirstthreeionizationenergies:
I1
I2
I3
(kJ/mol)
Q
496
4568
6920
WhatistheformulaforthemostlikelycompoundofelementQwithchlorine?
Explainthechoiceofformulaonthebasisoftheionizationenergies.
Answer:
(a)Mg:
1s22s22p63s1
Ar:
1s22s22p63s23p6
(b)ValenceelectronsforMgandArareinthesameprincipalenergylevel,butAratomissmallerandhasagreaternuclearcharge.Thus,ionizationenergiesforMgarelessthanthoseforAr.RemovalofthirdelectronfromMgatomisfromn=2levelandelectronsinthislevelexperiencestrongnuclearattraction.
(c)OnlyMgCl2forms.Mgatomsreadilylose2valenceelectronseach.Ionizationenergyforthirdelectronveryhigh.ElectronaffinityforArislow,andionizationenergiesforAratomsarehigh.
(d)FormulaisQCl.Very