Chapter 1 Flashcards
Is an organism needed to make an organic molecule?
no
Who figured out that no living organism is need to make an organic molecule?
Wohler
What does mass number mean?
total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom
what changes in isotopes?
number of nuetrons
what is the aufbau principle?
orbitals are occupied in increasing order
What is the hunds rule?
electrons are added evenly to each orbital
What is the pauli’s principle?
electrons must have opposite spins
what are ionic bonds?
bonds created by a transfer of one or more electrons from one atom to another to create ions
energy required to remove an electron from an atom
ionization energy
energy released when an atom acquires an electron
electron affinity
ability of an atom to attract electrons
electronegativity
type of bond that is created when atoms share electrons
covalent bonds
what are condensed structures?
lewis structures with no bonding electrons or bond lines
what is bond is stronger, pie or sigma?
sigma bonds
what is the bond angles to a tetrahedral shaped molecule?
109.5
