Chapters 7-12 Flashcards
How do atoms of phosphorus and Sulfur tend to appear in nature?
As bonded groups of 4 (P) and 8 (S) atoms.
What is a sigma covalent bond?
Sigma bonds are the result of orbital overlap directly
between the 2 bonded nuclei on the internuclear axis. These kinds of bonds can form when either an s orbital or p orbital overlap.
What are covalent bonds?
Bonds in which electrons are shared between two elements, not transferred.
What formula produces a square planar molecular
AX4E2
What is an empirical formula?
A formula that simply provides the ratios of the constituent elements in a compound.
What kind of molecular geometry do diatomic molecules have?
The only kind they can, a straight line.
What formula produces a tetrahedral molecular geometry?
AX4E0
What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX2E0 have?
Linear. C02 is an example.
Who was the first to determine the weight of a molecule? When?
Jean-Baptiste Dumas, 1826.
What does each new row in the periodic table represent?
The first electron to populate a new principal energy level.
What is a molecular formula?
A formula that provides the exact number of atoms of each element in a molecule of a particular element.
What formula produces a trigonal bipyramidal molecular geometry?
AX5E0
What are Gilbert Lewis’s dates?
1875-1946.
Where do we find regions of high electron density in the valence shell of an atom?
In the orbitals holding lone pairs and in orbitals forming bonds to other atoms.
What is an electron domain?
a concerted region of electron density in the valence shell of an atom.
What is the name of the theory that describes the 3-dimensional structures of molecules?
Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory.
What is a shortcoming of the molecular formula of molecules?
It doesn’t indicate how those atoms are arranged in space.
What formula produces a trigonal pyramidal molecular geometry?
AX3E1
What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX4E1 have?
See-saw. SF4 is an example.
How does electronegativity trend on the periodic table?
The reverse of the first ionization energy, elements like fluorine having the greatest electronegativity and elements like cesium and francium having the smallest.
What formula produces a T-shaped molecular geometry?
AX3E2
What makes elements with similar properties similar?
The configuration of their valence electron shells.
What is the Pauling Scale?
The scale the measures electronegativity on a scale from 0 to 4, with 4 being fluorine.
What is the trend in the radius of the atom as it moves across rows?
Decreasing atomic radius as we move left to right; Increasing as we move right to left.
What formula produces a square pyramidal molecular
AX5E1
What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX2E1 have?
Bent. O3 is an example.
What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX2E2 have?
Bent. H2O is an example.