1.3 Structure and Bonding Flashcards
what is ionic bonding?
- electrostatic force of attraction between oppositely charged ions
what is a covalent bond?
- shared pair of electrons
what is dative covalent bonding?
- a shared pair of electrons in the covalent bond come from only one of the bonding atoms.
- NH4+, H3O+ , NH3BF3
what is metallic bonding?
- electrostatic force of attraction between the positive metal ions and delocalised electrons
what are the three main factors that affect the strength of metallic bonding?
- number of protons, more protons stronger the bond
- number of delocalised electrons, more electrons stronger bond
- size of ion, smaller the stronger
why are metals malleable?
- positive ions in the lattice are all identical
- planes of ions can slide easily over one another
how do you explain the shape of a molecule?
- state number of bonding pairs and lone pairs of electrons
- state that the electron pairs repel and try to get as far apart as possible
- if there are no lone pairs state the electron pairs repel equally
- if there are lone pairs of electrons, state that lone pairs repel more than bonding pairs
how much do lone pairs repel bonding pairs by
2.5 degrees bond angle
what is electronegativity?
- the power of an atom to attract a lone pair of electrons within a covalent bond
what happens to electronegativity across a period
- increases
- number of protons increases and atomic radius decreases
what happens to electronegativity down a group?
- decreases
- distance between the nucleus and outer electrons increases
- shielding of inner electrons increases
how can you determine the bonding present via electronegativity
- compound containing elements of similar electronegativity will be purely COVALENT
- compound containing elements of very different electronegativity and a large difference will be IONIC
how does a permanent dipole form
- elements in the bond have different electronegativities
- of around 0.3 to 1.7
why does the charge seperation occur on a permanent dipole
- because of unequal distribution of electrons in the bond
why are symmetrical molecules non polar
- because the individual dipoles cancel out, due to the symmetrical shape of the molecule
- so there is no net dipole moment
what are the main factors affecting size of van der waals
- more electrons there are, the higher the chance the temporary dipoles will form
- size of molecule
what is the order of intermolecular forces in terms of strength
- hydrogen bonding
- dipole - dipole forces
- Van der Waals
how do van der waal forces arise?
- temporary fluctuations in electron distribution, create a temporary dipole
- this induces a corresponding dipole in nearby molecules, leading to weak attraction
how do permenant dipole dipole forces arise?
- permenant dipoles arise when there is a difference in electronegativity between atoms in a molecule, leading to uneven distribution of electron density
- dipole-dipole forces arise when the positive end of a permenant dipole is attracted to the negative end of another permenant dipole
how does hydrogen bonding arise?
- hydrogen atom covalently bonded to O,N,F
- lone pair of electrons must be present
- hydrogen bond formed between partially positive hydrogen atom and lone pair of electronegative atom