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Noble gases are the most…

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…unreactive of all the elements.

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Noble gases have little or no tendency to…

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…form bonds to other atoms.

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Except He, all noble gases possess a…

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…ns^2 np^6 configuration

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Elements that lack the ns^2 np^6 configuration of noble gases tend to…

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acquire it (i.e. GAIN, LOOSE or SHARE electrons) through chemical reactions, resulting in formation of compounds, where each element has a FULL and stable outer most electron shell

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Elements of the d and f blocks also lose or share electrons…

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…Octet Rule does not apply to them.

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When forming compounds elements lose, gain, or share electrons so their…

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…configurations become identical to the nearest noble gas in the periodic table

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What is an ion?

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atom (or group of atoms) electrically charged (+ve or –ve) as a result of
the loss or gain of an electron

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Whats a cation?

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Ions with a positive charge. (loses an electron)

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Whats an anion?

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Ion with a negative charge (gains an electron)

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Atoms can gain or lose…

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…one, two, or three electrons.

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Electron loss or gain doesn’t happen in isolation, but are…

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…parallel processes

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Ionic bonds are…

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…electrostatic attractions between cations and anions

(Lewis structures can help visualise the process)

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An ionic bond is formed only between a…

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… metal and a non-metal

i.e. group 1 & 2 elements (metals) with group 6 & 7 elements

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WHat groups on the periodic table are metals?

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group 1 and group 2

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WHat groups on the periodic table are non metals?

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group 6 and group 7

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the attraction of oppositely charged ions draws them together releasing energy and causing the ions to form a…

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…solid array or lattice

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What is lattice energy?

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a measure of the stabilisation
caused by oppositely charged ions forming a solid lattice.

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The term “molecule” is not used when…

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…referring to ionic substances

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A covalent bond consists of …

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…a pair of electrons shared between two atoms as the atoms attempt to acquire noble-gas configurations.

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The covalent bond is the…

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…predominant chemical bond

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The sharing of a pair of electrons =

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single (covalent) bond

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Atoms can complete octets by…

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…sharing more than one pair of electrons

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What is the Valence Shell Electron Pair (VSEPR) Model?

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  • Based on the idea that electron pairs will repel each other
  • The electron pairs will arrange themselves around the central atom as far apart as possible, to minimise the repulsion between them
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What does VSEPR Model stand for?

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Valence Shell Electron Pair (VSEPR) Model

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What is not shown by the Lewis structure?

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The shape of the molecule is not shown by the Lewis structure

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23
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What is the electron domain geometry of minimum repulsion for water?

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tetrahedral

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In the VSEPR Model, a bond and a nonbonding pair of electrons define …

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…locations where electrons are
likely to be found and hence are called electron domains

23
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Why do electrons repel each other?

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bcus they are negatively charged bitch

23
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Because electrons are negatively charged they…

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…repel eachother

23
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The best arrangement of a given number of electron domains is…

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…the one that minimises the repulsions between them

23
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Whats the MOLECULAR geometry for water?

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BENT

23
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Why is the shape of water so important?

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life would not be possible if it
were not bent

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In H20 (water), is the arrangement of atoms (molecular geometry) linear?

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No!

23
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Ionic bonds and nonpolar covalent bonds represent…

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…two extremes.

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How many electron domains in water?

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4

23
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If the two atoms that constitute a covalent bond are identical then there is an…

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…equal sharing of electrons.

23
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Covalent bonding involves the…

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…SHARING of electron pairs.

SHARING IS CARING BITCH

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The electron pair that makes up the covalent bond is…

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… equally shared by the two atoms

24
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In ionic bonds (such as in NaCl) there is …

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…no sharing of electrons.

the 3s electron of Na is completely transferred to Cl

24
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Ionic bonding involves…

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…the COMPLETE TRANSFER of electrons.

25
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What is an example of a Non polar covalent bond?

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The chlorine gas molecule
Cl2 is nonpolar covalent.

26
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When does a non polar covalent bond occur?

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When the two atoms that constitute a covalent bond are identical, resulting in an equal sharing of electrons.

27
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If the two atoms that constitute a covalent bond are not identical then…

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…there can be an unequal sharing of electrons

28
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When does a polar covalent bond occur?

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When the two atoms that constitute a covalent bond are not identical, resulting in an unequal sharing of electrons.

29
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The charge difference in polar covalent bonds is a result of…

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…the unequal attractions the atoms have for their shared electron pair and results in a dipole

30
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A polar bond results when…

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…one of the atoms exerts a greater attraction for the bonding electrons than the other

If this difference in relative ability to attract electrons is large enough, an ionic bond is formed

31
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What is electronegativity?

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Electronegativity is the ability of an atom in a molecule to attract electrons to itself

32
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Electronegativity increase as you go…

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…Up the periodic table or from left to right on the periodic table (across the periods)

33
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Electronegativity correlates with…

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…atomic radii

34
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What does electronegativity result in?

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Correlates with atomic radii –> greater nuclear effect (Zeff) –> valence electrons pulled closer to the nucleus.

35
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Intermolecular electrostatic
interactions means water is…

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…liquid at room temperature
(0 – 100 degrees C)

36
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VSEPR model is good at…

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…predicting molecular shapes, but does not explain why bonds exist between atoms.

37
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Lewis theory states that …

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…covalent bonding occurs when atoms share electrons, which concentrates the electron density between the nuclei

38
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What are sigma (σ) bonds?

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Covalent bonds in which the electron density is concentrated symmetrically
about the internuclear axis

39
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What are pi (π) bonds?

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a type of bond which results from sideways overlap of two p orbitals, in which the overlap regions lie above and below the internuclear axis

40
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two regions of overlap constitute a single…

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… pi (π) bond

41
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In almost all cases, single bonds are […] and additional bonds are […].

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In almost all cases, single bonds are s-bonds and additional bonds are p-bonds.

42
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Like electron orbitals around an atom…

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…bonds have different energy levels.

43
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s-orbitals have lower energy than…

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…p-orbitals

44
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How / in what order do electron orbitals fill?

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s-orbitals have lower energy than p-orbitals > electrons fill at the lowest energy
level first:
s orbitals fill before p
covalent bonds follow the same principle (where double/triple bonds are formed):
σ-bonds are lower energy than π-bonds

45
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irrespective of atomic orbitals…

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…sigma bonds form before pi bonds.

46
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Carbon is the…

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…skeleton of biological molecules.

47
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Carbon has the ability to form…

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…polymerise (form long chains)

This is the basis of all biological macromolecules.

48
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Bond orbitals confer bond shape –>

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–> bond shape confers molecule shape

49
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Molecule shape is key to…

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… life – carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acid, hormones, vitamins……

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