Organic Chem Flashcards
It proposes that carbon has a valence of four and that carbon can use one or more of its valences to form bonds with other atoms including carbon itself
Structural theory
The nature of chemical bonds in organic compounds is
Covalent
Formed by overlapping orbitals of two atoms in different ways
Covalent bonds
Head-to-head overlap
Sigma bond
Side-to-side overlap
Pi bond
Results when 2 atoms of different electronegativities from a covalent bond such that the electrons are not equally shared between them
Polarity
Results from the partial positivity and partial negativity of a polar covalent bond
Dipole moment
Molecule with no net dipole moment
Non polar
Molecule with net dipole moment
Polar molecule
The average distance separating the nuclei of bonded atoms
Bond lenght
Bond length _______ with decreasing atomic radius/ size
Decreases
I > C > H
Relationship of bond length with polarity
Inverse
⬇️BL = ⬆️polarity
C > N> O> F
Rel of bond length and s character of hybrid orbitals
Inverse
⬇️BL=⬆️s character of the hybrid orbitals
relationship of BL with pi bond e density
Inversely
Energy needed to disrupt a covalent bond (in kJ/mol)
Bond energy/ strength
Relationship of bond strength with polarity
Direct
⬆️BS=⬆️polarity
F>Cl>Br>I
Rel of bond strength with s character of the hybrid orbitals
Direct
⬆️BS=⬆️s character
Rel of bond strength and pi bond e density
Direct
Shows how electrons are distributed in organic molecules and how they affect the physical and chemical properties of the molecule
Structural effects
Used to explain strengthening and shortening of bonds, nucleophilicity/electrophilicity of sites, and thermodynamic stability
Pi electron delocalization or resonance
Results in the distortion of electron distribution due to the effect through sigma bond by EDG or EWG of atoms
Inductive effects
-NH2
Strong EDG
NHR
Strong EDG
NHR2
Strong EDG