Can you help me correcting please? NOTE:(in 6a, this is not a polarity/electronegativity argument. What sort of IMF does the water create, versus what sort of IMF the OF2 creates? Which is stronger, and leads to a higher boiling point? In 6b, don't worry about toxicity. Will OF2 be able to dissolve as many biomolecules as water, due to the difference in polarity?

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NOTE:(in 6a, this is not a polarity/electronegativity argument. What sort of IMF does the water create, versus what sort of IMF the OF2 creates? Which is stronger, and leads to a higher boiling point? In 6b, don't worry about toxicity. Will OF2 be able to dissolve as many biomolecules as water, due to the difference in polarity?

6. The American author Robert Forward wrote a novel called Camelot 30K, in which
alien creatures are discovered living on small bodies (much smaller than the Moon)
in the Kuiper Belt at the edge of our solar system. The "30K" refers to the surface
temperature of their world: 30 Kelvins. Instead of H₂O, though, his creatures use OF2
(oxygen difluoride) in their metabolism.
a. Which of the two (H₂0 or OF2) would have the lower boiling point, and why?
Further, why does he need to find a substitute for H₂O?
-OF₂ has beer boiling point because the flowride atorns in OF₂
are more electronegative than the oxygen atoms in H₂0, which results
in stronger dipole moment and weaker intermolecular force,
-Becauce H₂O would freeze at very low temperatures in Kuiper Belt
making it impossible for liquid water to exist.
b. Which of the two (H₂0 or OF2) is more polar, and why? Further, would OF₂
necessarily be a good substitute for H₂0? Why or why not?
•H₂O is more polor than OF₂ because the dipole moment of H₂G
is stronger due to the difference in electionegativity between the
O and H atoms.
•OF₂ won't be a good
and toxic, impossible to
a sduent.
sublitute, because it is extremely reactive
life forms could evolue to use it as
Transcribed Image Text:6. The American author Robert Forward wrote a novel called Camelot 30K, in which alien creatures are discovered living on small bodies (much smaller than the Moon) in the Kuiper Belt at the edge of our solar system. The "30K" refers to the surface temperature of their world: 30 Kelvins. Instead of H₂O, though, his creatures use OF2 (oxygen difluoride) in their metabolism. a. Which of the two (H₂0 or OF2) would have the lower boiling point, and why? Further, why does he need to find a substitute for H₂O? -OF₂ has beer boiling point because the flowride atorns in OF₂ are more electronegative than the oxygen atoms in H₂0, which results in stronger dipole moment and weaker intermolecular force, -Becauce H₂O would freeze at very low temperatures in Kuiper Belt making it impossible for liquid water to exist. b. Which of the two (H₂0 or OF2) is more polar, and why? Further, would OF₂ necessarily be a good substitute for H₂0? Why or why not? •H₂O is more polor than OF₂ because the dipole moment of H₂G is stronger due to the difference in electionegativity between the O and H atoms. •OF₂ won't be a good and toxic, impossible to a sduent. sublitute, because it is extremely reactive life forms could evolue to use it as
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