NURCHEM Lec

Problem Set 3
Chemical Bonding, Molecular Geometry, Polarity & IMF
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK

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COPY THE QUESTIONS & ANSWER #s 4b, 5b, 5e, 6(c, e), 7b

1. DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

a) Ionic bond between oppositely charged ions in a chemical compound.
—ionic bond, also called electrovalent bond, type of linkage formed from the electrostatic attraction

b) Covalent bond —the interatomic linkage that results from the sharing of an electron pair between two atoms. The binding
arises from the electrostatic attraction of their nuclei for the same electrons.
c) Dipole moment —the mathematical product of the separation of the ends of a dipole and the magnitude of the charges.

d) Polar bonds unequally.

—A type of covalent bond between two atoms in which electrons are shared

—Bond angle is defined as the angle between the two bonds i.e. angle between two orbitals containing
e) Bond angle bonding electron pairs around the central atom in a complex molecule or ion.
f) Bond strength much energy is required to break the bond between the two atoms.
—A bond's strength describes how strongly each atom is joined to another atom, and therefore how

g) VSEPR geometry based on the number of valence shell electron bond pairs among the atoms in a molecule
—The valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory is a model used to predict 3-D molecular

or ion.

2. Enumerate the steps in drawing the Lewis structure of compounds.

3. When does the following intermolecular force of attraction exists between

molecules?
a. Hydrogen bonding
b. Dipole-dipole interaction
c. London Dispersion force

4. From the given bonding pairs of atoms, which of the following will have:
Hint: Refer to the electronegativity values in the periodic table
(Given: N-F, N-N, N-H, C-N, N-O)

a. The most polar covalent bond?

b. The 3rd most polar bond?
c. a nonpolar covalent bond?

5. I. Indicate if the bond between atoms is ionic or covalent then

II. Draw the Lewis structure of the following compounds. Show the transfer
of electrons for ionic compounds and the sharing of electrons for covalent
compounds.
a. KI
b. MgO
c. CO2
d. H2CO3
e. SiO2
 6. All the given compounds in the table are covalently bonded compounds.
I- Draw the structural formula and
II- Predict the shape of the molecule then
III- Indicate if the molecule is Polar or Nonpolar bond based on VSEPR.

Compound No. of Lone Structural Shape of the molecule Polar /

(nonbonding) Formula (e.g. Linear, Trigonal Nonpolar
pairs (use line planar, Tetrahedral etc…)
bond & show
all lone pairs)
Ex. H2O 2 Angular bent polar

a.) PCl3

b.) HBr

c.) SiO2

d.) CH4

e.) CO2

7. Draw the correct line-bond structure of the molecules first then show the H-
bond formed between:

Interacting molecules Illustration

a. the hydrogen of
water, H2O, and the
chlorine of
hydrochloric acid, HCl.

b. the oxygen of
methyl alcohol,
CH3OH, and the
hydrogen of water,
H2O