TUTORIAL CHAPTER 5 CHEMICAL BONDING (PART 2)

1. Objective: To draw Lewis structure in a correct manner.

Draw the Lewis structure for NO3-.
Tips: Your answer must include the step-by-step strategies with its solution and must
be shown in a table form.

2. Objective: To predict the geometry using VSEPR theory.

Predict the electron and molecular geometry of PCl3.
Tips: Your answer must include the step-by-step strategies with its solution and must
be shown in a table form.

3. Objective: To relate the subject matter & chemistry around you.

a) If you combine oil and water in a container, they separate into distinct regions.
Why? Explain your answer.
b) Imagine eating a greasy cheeseburger with both hands and no napkins. By the end
of the meal, your hands are coated with grease and oil If you wash them with only
water, they remain greasy. However, if you add a little soap, the grease washes away.
Why? Explain your answer.
Tips: Relate your answer with theory of polarity; polar bonds, polar molecules.

4. Explain the polarity of a water (H2O) molecule with the help of polarity structure.
Objective: To understand the concept of bond polarity.
Tips: Your answer must be relating to the chemical structure and electronegativity.

5. Construct a Lewis structure for SO32- and calculate the formal charge for each atom
involves.
Objective: To draw Lewis structure and calculate formal charge in a correct way.
Tips: Your answer must be including the step-by-step strategies to draw the Lewis
structure (Including resonance structure – if any). The answer must be shown in a table
form.
6. The shape (or molecular geometry) of a substance determines how it will react with
other substances. This molecular geometry plays a huge role in chemical reactions i.e
in the environment, engineering, as well as in our bodies. Aspirin, a medicinal
compound with a three-dimensional shape of molecule is one of the great examples in
human health. Explain why.
Objective: To relate the topic with chemistry in real life.
Tips: Your answer must be including all the related information on molecular geometry
in terms of the basic concept, factors that affect the molecular geometry, and the effects
of molecular shape on a chemical reaction.

7. Objective: To draw Lewis structure in a correct manner.

Draw the Lewis structure for the SO3 molecules.
Tips: Your answer must include the step-by-step strategies with its solution and must
be shown in a table form.

8. Objective: To predict the geometry using VSEPR theory.

Predict the electron and molecular geometry of IF4- by using VSEPR theory.
Tips: Your answer must include the step-by-step strategies with its solution and must
be shown in a table form.

9. Objective: To relate Lewis structure with the formal charge.

A student drew the following three Lewis structures for the nitric acid molecules as
follows:

Among the above structures, which one is preferred? Justify your answer.