4. Chemical Bonds Flashcards
Gilbert Lewis (1916)
-lack of chemical reactivity of noble gases indicates a high degree of stability of their electron configuration (filled valence shell)
Octet rule
-When undergoing chemical reactions, atoms of Group 1A-7A tend to gain, lose or share sufficient electrons to achieve eight valence electrons
Anion
-atoms with almost eight valence electron
-tend to gain electrons ➡️ negatively charged ion
Cation
-atoms with only one or two valence electron
-tend to lose electron ➡️ positively charged ion
Reasons why octet rule is not perfect
- Ions of period 1 and 2 elements with charges greater than +2 are unstable. (i.e., unstable ang B+3, C+/-4)
- Does not apply to Group 1B-7B (transition elements). (i.e. Cu can either be Cu+1 or Cu+2)
Atoms and their ions are…
completely different chemical species and have completely different chemical and physical properties
(i.e. sodium and chlorine atoms are both poisonous. However, NaCl (sodium and chlorine ions) is a common table salt)
(i.e. F2 poisonous and corrosive gas. F- ion in the form of NaF is used for toothpastes)
Naming monoatomic ions
•Elements of Group 1A, 2A, 3A form only one type of cation
-name of metal followed by “ion”
-i.e. Na+ sodium ion
•Transition elements form more than one type of cation
-write the charge in roman numeral right after the name of metal (i.e. Cu+2 Copper (II) ion)
-no need to do this if the transition element can only form one cation (i.e. Ag+ Silver ion)
Naming monoatomic anions
-adding -ide to the stem part of the name
-i.e. F- Fluoride, O2-, Oxide
TWO MAJOR TYPES OF CHEMICAL BONDS
1. Ionic bond
-Chemical bond resulting from the attraction between a cation and anion (lose/ gain electrons)
-usually formed between metal and nonmetal
TWO MAJOR TYPES OF CHEMICAL BONDS
2. Covalent Bond
-bond resulting from sharing of electrons between two electrons
-two nonmetals or nonmetal and metalloid
Electronegativity
-measure of an atom’s attraction for the electrons it shares in a chemical bond
Linus Pauling (1930s)
-Pauling scale: most widely used scale of electronegativity
-Fluorine (most electronegative element), with a value of 4.0
-other elements are assigned values relative to fluorine
Electronegativity and ionization energy
•Ionization energy- amount of energy necessary to remove electron from an atom
•Electronegativity- how tightly an atom holds the electrons that it shares with another atom
-same trend sila; increases left to righr, bottom to top
Forming ionic bonds
-transfer of one or more valence electrons from an atom of lower electronegativity to the valence shell of an atom of higher electronegativity
-difference of electronegativity is 1.9 or greater
Predicting formulas of ionic compound
-the total number of positive charges must equal the total number of negative charges (i.e. Al+3 and S-2 ➡️ Al2S3)
-subscripts in the formulas for ionic compound represent the ratio of ions; reduce to lowest term (i.e. BaO)
How to name ionic compounds
1. Binary ionic compounds of metals that form only one positive ion
-name of the metal from which the cation was formed, followed by the name of anion (i.e. AlCl3 aluminum chloride)
How to name ionic compounds
2. Binary ionic compound of metals that form more than one positive ion
-use roman numerals in the name to show charge
-for common names, use the -ous/ -ic system
-i.e. Copper (II) oxide or cupric oxide
Copper (I) oxide or cuprous oxide