5.2 Bond Length and Bond Dissociation Energy Flashcards
1
Q
What is bond length?
A
distance between two nuclei that are bonded to one another
2
Q
What is bond dissociation energy?
A
the energy needed to homolytically break an X-Y bond to get X and Y atoms in the gas phase
3
Q
What is homolytic bond cleavage?
A
one electron of the bond being broken goes to each fragment of the molecule
4
Q
What is heterolytic bond cleavage?
A
both electrons of the electron pair that make up the bond end up on the same atom
5
Q
What is bond order?
A
number of bonds between adjacent atoms
