Bonding Flashcards
Define electronegativity:
power of an atom to attract the bonding pair of electrons towards itself in a covalent bond.
Describe the:
* bonding
* structure
of: NaCl and ice. In each case draw a diagram showing how each structure can be represented. Explain, by reference to the types of bonding present, why the melting point of these two compounds is very different. (12)
- NaCl is ionic
- giant ionic lattice
- ions placed correctly
- electrostatic attraction between ions
… - covalent bonds between atoms in water
- hydrogen bonding between water molecules
- tetrahedral representation showing two covalent and two hydrogen bonds
- 2 hydrogen bonds per molecule
… - attraction between NaCl ions is very strong
- covalent bonds are very strong
- hydrogen bonds between water molecules in ice are much weaker
… - consequently, less energy required to break hydrogen bonds in ice to form seperate water molecules than to break ionic bonds in NaCl and make seperate ions
Explain the low melting and boiling point of simple molecular substances (halogens):
- non polar molecules because of same electronegativity
- only have Van der Waals forces acting between molecules
- weak attraction easily broken
Explain the shape of a PCl3 molecule:
- 4 areas of electron density
- 3 bonding pairs, 1 lone pair
- electrons repel e/o to be as far apart as possible to minimise repulsion, lone pairs repel more than bonding pairs
- trigonal pyramidal shape
- 107 bond angle
Factors that affect strength of metallic bonding:
- Number of protons/ Strength of nuclear attraction.
The more protons the stronger the bond - Number of delocalised electrons per atom (the outer shell electrons are delocalised)
The more delocalised electrons the stronger the bond - Size of ion. The smaller the ion, the stronger the bond.
Properties of giant ionic lattices:
- High mp and bp: strong electrostatic forces of attraction between oppositely charged ions require a lot of energy to overcome. The higher the charge the stronger the attraction
- Soluble in water ➜ when ionic compound dissolved in water, a polar molecule, it surrounds the ions and can overcome the elec.stat. forces of attraction.
this is why many ionic compounds can dissolve in polar solvents. - when the charge increases, solubility decreases bcs polar water molecules can’t overcome attraction
- don’t conduct elec. when solid ➜ ions locked in place by attraction, not free to carry charge
What is Dative Covalent bonding:
A dative covalent bond forms when the shared pair of electrons in the covalent bond come from only one of the bonding atoms.
explain how the strongest type of IMF in liquid HF arises
- large difference in electronegativity betw/ H & F
- F most electronegative
- H+ — F- dipole created
- attraction formed betw H+ & lone pair of electrons of F
- (draw diagram of two molecules)
VdW only applies to
simple covalent molecules
electronegativity only applies to
covalent bonding
VdW =
induced dipole-dipole
For small molecules with the …………., permanent dipoles are ………… dipoles
For small molecules with the same number of electrons, permanent dipoles are stronger than induced dipoles
intramolecular
forces acting within a molecule
Hydrogen bonding is a type of
permanent dipole – dipole bonding