Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781118516461
Author: Neil D. Jespersen, Alison Hyslop
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 9, Problem 21RQ
How can the VSEPR model be used to predict the hybridization of an atom in a molecule?
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Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter
Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.1 Label the shapes of the...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.2 What is the shape of the...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.3
What shape is expected for...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.4 The first known compound of...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.5
What shape is expected for...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.6 What shape is expected for...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.7 Is the sulfur tetrafluoride...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.8 Explain how you decided...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.9 Use the principles of VB...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.10 The phosphine molecule,...
Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.11
The molecule has a planar...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.12 In the gas phase, beryllium...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.13
What kind of hybrid...Ch. 9 - What kind of hybrid orbitals are expected to be...Ch. 9 - Use the VSEPR model to predict the shape of the...Ch. 9 - What kind of orbitals arc used by Xe in the XeF4...Ch. 9 - Explain how to decide what kind of hybrid orbitals...Ch. 9 - If we assume that nitrogen uses sp3 hybrid...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.19
What is the shape of the ...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.20
Consider the molecule...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.21
Consider the molecule...Ch. 9 - The molecular orbital energy level diagram for the...Ch. 9 - The MO energy level diagram for the nitrogen...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.24
The nitrate ion, , has...Ch. 9 - Prob. 25PECh. 9 - Arrange the following elements in order of...Ch. 9 - Practice Exercise 9.27
What is the hybridization...Ch. 9 - Sketch the following molecular shapes and give the...Ch. 9 - Sketch the following molecular shapes and give the...Ch. 9 - 9.3 What is the underlying principle on which the...Ch. 9 - What is an electron domain? How are nonbonding and...Ch. 9 - 9.5 How many bonding domains and how many...Ch. 9 - Sketch the following molecular shapes and give the...Ch. 9 - What arrangements of domains around an atom are...Ch. 9 - Why is it useful to know the polarities of...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9RQCh. 9 - 9.10 Under what conditions will a molecule be...Ch. 9 - What condition must be met if a molecule having...Ch. 9 - Use a drawing to show why the SO2 molecule is...Ch. 9 - What is meant by orbital overlap?Ch. 9 - How is orbital overlap related to bond energy?Ch. 9 - Use sketches of orbitals to describe how VB theory...Ch. 9 - 9.16 Why do atoms usually use hybrid orbitals for...Ch. 9 - 9.17 Sketch figures that illustrate the...Ch. 9 - 9.18 Sketch figures that illustrate the...Ch. 9 - 9.19 Why do Period 2 elements never use hybrid...Ch. 9 - What relationship is there, if any, between Lewis...Ch. 9 - How can the VSEPR model be used to predict the...Ch. 9 - If the central oxygen in the water molecule did...Ch. 9 - Using orbital diagrams, describe how sp3...Ch. 9 - Sketch the way the orbitals overlap to form the...Ch. 9 - We explained the bond angles of 107inNH3 by using...Ch. 9 - Using sketches of orbitals and orbital diagrams,...Ch. 9 - What two basic shapes have hybridizations that...Ch. 9 - 9.28 The ammonia molecule, , can combine with a...Ch. 9 - 9.29 How does the geometry around B and O change...Ch. 9 - How do and bonds differ?Ch. 9 - Why can free rotation occur easily around a -bond...Ch. 9 - 9.32 Using sketches, describe the bonds and bond...Ch. 9 - Sketch the way the bonds form in acetylene, C2H2.Ch. 9 - How does VB theory treat the benzene molecule?...Ch. 9 - Why is the higher-energy MO in H2 called an...Ch. 9 - Below is an illustration showing two 3d. orbitals...Ch. 9 - 9.37 Will the combination of 3d. orbitals in...Ch. 9 - Explain why He2 does nor exist but H2 does.Ch. 9 - 9.39 How does MO theory account for the...Ch. 9 - 9.40 On the basis of MO theory, explain why ...Ch. 9 - 9.41 What relationship is there between bond order...Ch. 9 - Sketch the shapes of the 2p,and*2p,MOs.Ch. 9 - 9.43 What is the theoretical basis of both valence...Ch. 9 - What shortcomings of Lewis structures and VSEPR...Ch. 9 - What is the main difference in the way VB and MO...Ch. 9 - What is a delocalized MO? Explain, in terms of...Ch. 9 - 9.47 What effect does delocalization have on the...Ch. 9 - Prob. 48RQCh. 9 - Prob. 49RQCh. 9 - 9.50 What is required to form a conduction band?
Ch. 9 - Prob. 51RQCh. 9 - Prob. 52RQCh. 9 - In calcium, why cant electrical conduction take...Ch. 9 - 9.54 What are allotropes? How do they differ from...Ch. 9 - Why are the Period 2 elements able to form much...Ch. 9 - Even though the nonmetals of Periods 3, 4, and 5...Ch. 9 - Which of the nonmetals occur in nature in the form...Ch. 9 - 9.58 Describe the structure of diamond. What kind...Ch. 9 - Describe the structure of graphene. What kind of...Ch. 9 - How is the structure of graphite related to the...Ch. 9 - Prob. 61RQCh. 9 - 9.62 How is the structure of a carbon nanotube...Ch. 9 - 9.63 What is the molecular structure of silicon?...Ch. 9 - Make a sketch that describes the molecular...Ch. 9 - 9.65 What are the different allotropes of...Ch. 9 - 9.66 What are the P—P—P bond angles in the ...Ch. 9 - Prob. 67RQCh. 9 - 9.68 What is the molecular structure of black...Ch. 9 - What are the two allotropes of oxygen?Ch. 9 - Draw the Lewis structure for O3. Is the molecule...Ch. 9 - 9.71 What beneficial function does ozone serve in...Ch. 9 - What is the molecular structure of sulfur in its...Ch. 9 - 9.73 Predict the shapes of (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) ,...Ch. 9 - Predict the shapes of (a) SF3+, (b) GeF4, (c) ,...Ch. 9 - Predict the shapes of...Ch. 9 - Predict the shapes of (a) TeF4, (b) SbCl6, (c)...Ch. 9 - Predict the shapes of...Ch. 9 - 9.78 Predict the shapes of .
Ch. 9 - Which of the following has a shape described by...Ch. 9 - Which of the following has a shape described by...Ch. 9 - Ethene, also called ethylene, is a gas used to...Ch. 9 - Ethyne, more commonly called acetylene, is a gas...Ch. 9 - 9.83 Predict the bond angle for each of the...Ch. 9 - 9.84 Predict the bond angle for each of the...Ch. 9 - 9.85 Which of the following molecules would be...Ch. 9 - Which of the following molecules would he expected...Ch. 9 - Which of the following molecules or ions would be...Ch. 9 - Which of the following molecules or ions would be...Ch. 9 - 9.89 Explain why is nonpolar, but is polar.
Ch. 9 - 9.90 Explain why is polar, but is not.
Ch. 9 - Use sketches of orbitals to show how VB theory...Ch. 9 - Hydrogen selenide is one of nature's most...Ch. 9 - Use orbital diagrams to explain how the beryllium...Ch. 9 - Use orbital diagrams to describe the bonding in...Ch. 9 - 9.95 Use orbital diagrams to describe the bonding...Ch. 9 - Describe the bonding in tellurium hexafluoride, a...Ch. 9 - Draw Lewis structures for the following and use...Ch. 9 - Draw Lewis structures for the following and use...Ch. 9 - Use the VSEPR model to help you describe the...Ch. 9 - Use the VSEPR model to help you describe the...Ch. 9 - 9.101 Use orbital diagrams to show that the...Ch. 9 - What kind of hybrid orbitals are used by tin in...Ch. 9 - A nitrogen atom can undergo sp2 hybridization when...Ch. 9 - A nitrogen atom can undergo sp hybridization and...Ch. 9 - Tetrachloroethylene, a common dry-cleaning...Ch. 9 - 9.106 Phosgene, , was used as a war gas during...Ch. 9 - 9.107 What kind of hybrid orbitals do the numbered...Ch. 9 - What kind of hybrid orbitals do the numbered atoms...Ch. 9 - 9.109 What kinds of bonds are found in the...Ch. 9 - 9.110 What kinds of bondsare found in the numbered...Ch. 9 - Construct the molecular orbital diagram for O2....Ch. 9 - Construct the molecular orbital diagram for N2....Ch. 9 - Use the MO energy diagram to predict (a) the bond...Ch. 9 - Use the MO energy diagram to predict (a) the bond...Ch. 9 - Assume that in the NO molecule the molecular...Ch. 9 - 9.116 Assume that in the NO molecule the molecular...Ch. 9 - Which of the following molecules or ions are...Ch. 9 - 9.118 Which of the following molecules or ions are...Ch. 9 - *9.119 Construct the MO energy level diagram for...Ch. 9 - If boron and nitrogen were to form a molecule with...Ch. 9 - 9.121 Formaldehyde has the Lewis structure
What...Ch. 9 - Prob. 122RQCh. 9 - Antimony forms a compound with hydrogen that is...Ch. 9 - Describe the changes in molecular geometry and...Ch. 9 - Prob. 125RQCh. 9 - Prob. 126RQCh. 9 - Phosphorus trifluoride, PF3, has FPF bond angles...Ch. 9 - A six-membered ring of carbons can hold a double...Ch. 9 - The more electronegative are the atoms bonded to...Ch. 9 - Alone pair of electrons in the valence shell of an...Ch. 9 - *9.131 The two electron pairs in a double bond...Ch. 9 - In a certain molecule, ap orbital overlaps with a...Ch. 9 - *9.133 If we assign the internuclear axis in a...Ch. 9 - The peroxynitrite ion, OONO-, is a potent toxin...Ch. 9 - *9.135 An ammonia molecule, , is very polar,...Ch. 9 - There exists a hydrocarbon called butadiene, which...Ch. 9 - Prob. 137RQCh. 9 - 9.138 Five basic molecular shapes were described...Ch. 9 - 9.139 Compare and contrast the concepts of...Ch. 9 - Why doesnt a carbon-carbon quadruple bond exist?Ch. 9 - What might the structure of the iodine...Ch. 9 - The FF bond in F2 is weaker than the ClCl bond in...Ch. 9 - Molecular orbital theory predicts the existence of...Ch. 9 - The structure of the diborane molecule, B2H6, is...
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