LQ1 Key Concepts Flashcards
All organic compounds contain carbon atoms and most contain hydrogen atoms
True
All the carbon atoms have four bonds. A stable carbon atom is said to be
Tetravalent
Any atom that is not carbon or hydrogen is called
Heteroatom
Common heteroatoms include
N, O, S, P and halogens
Most of the mass of the atom is contained in the
nucleus
Positively charged and has fewer electrons than protons
Cation
Negatively charged has more electrons than protons
Anion
It is lower energy than other orbitals of the same shell, because electrons are kept closer to the positively charged nucleus
s orbital
It contains a node of electron density at the nucleus
P orbital
Result from the transfer of electrons from one element to another
Ionic Bonds
Result from the sharing of electrons between two nuclei
Covalent bonds
The transfer of electrons from stable salts composed of
Cations and Anions
Different molecules having the same molecular formula
Isomers
Two lewis structure having the same placement of atoms but a different arrangement of electrons
Resonance
A molecule with two or more resonance structures is said to be
Resonance stabilized
They are not in equilibrium with each other. There is no movement of electrons from one form to another
Resonance structure
Resonance structure differ only int the
arrangement of electrons
A conventions that shows how electron position differs between the two resonance forms
Curved arrow notation
The electron pairs drawn in different locations in individual resonance structures are
Delocalized
It is more stable than any resonance structure because it delocalize electron density over a larger volume
Resonance hybrid
A better resonance structure is one that has
more bonds and fewer charges
An atoms ability to attract electrons that are shared in a chemical bond
electronegativity
Bond length decreases across a row of periodic table as the size of the atom
decreases
Bond length increases down a column of the periodic table as the size of the atom
increases
All carbons in stable molecules are
Tetravalent
All of the atoms are drawn in, but the two-electron bond lines area generally omitted
Condensed structure
Atoms are usually drawn next to the atoms to which they are bonded
Condensed structure
Parenthesis are used around similar groups bonded to the same atom
Condensed structure
Lone pairs are omitted
Condensed structure
This concentrates electron density on the axis that joins two nuclei. All single bonds are
sigma bonds
The lowest energy arrangement for an atom is called
Ground state
The combination of two or more atomic orbitals to form the same number of hybrid orbitals, having the same shape and energy
Hybridization