CHEMISTRY:MOLECULAR NATURE (LL)W/ACCESS
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781119497325
Author: JESPERSEN
Publisher: WILEY
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Concept explainers
Videos
Textbook Question
Chapter 9, Problem 7PE
Practice Exercise 9.7
Is the sulfur tetrafluoride molecule polar or nonpolar? Explain your reasoning. (Hint: Use the VSEPR model to sketch the shape of the molecule.)
Expert Solution & Answer
Trending nowThis is a popular solution!
Students have asked these similar questions
If all of the electron groups around a single central atom are bonding, and the same outer atom is bonded to the central atom in each case, is the molecule polar, nonpolar, or does it depend on the identity of the outer atom? Explain.
How do I know if a molecule is polar or nonpolar with just looking at it?
Predicting the arrangement of electron groups around the central atom of a molecule.
Chapter 9 Solutions
CHEMISTRY:MOLECULAR NATURE (LL)W/ACCESS
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...
Additional Science Textbook Solutions
Find more solutions based on key concepts
Write electron configurations for each element. Use the symbol of the previous noble gas in brackets to represe...
Introductory Chemistry (6th Edition)
1. Which is a function of the skeletal system? (a) support, (b) hematopoietic site, (c) storage, (d) providing ...
Anatomy & Physiology (6th Edition)
Plants use the process of photosynthesis to convert the energy in sunlight to chemical energy in the form of su...
Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology (5th Edition)
2.81 In which of the fo1losing pairs do both numbers contain the same number of significant figures? (2.2)
a....
Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (13th Edition)
How does an obligate aerobe differ from a facultative aerobe?
Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
SSM System A of three particles and system B of five particles are in insulated boxes like that in Fig. 20-17. ...
Fundamentals of Physics Extended
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, chemistry and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- What aspect of the following Lewis structure indicates that the concept of coordinate covalency is needed to explain the bonding in the molecule?arrow_forwardAnswer the questions in the table below about the shape of the phosphorus pentabromide (PBr.) molecule,. How many electron groups are around the central phosphorus atom? Note: one "electron group" means one lone pair, one single bond, one double bond, or one triple bond. What phrase best describes the arrangement of these electron groups around the central phosphorus atom? (You may need to use the scrollbar to see all the choices.) (choose one) くarrow_forwardWhich of the following statements is/are true about the Lewis bond theory? (a) It explains the stability of the molecule. (b) It explains why one covalent bond might differ from another. (c) It ignores the energy changes in chemical bond formation. (d) It treats all covalent bond in the same manner. a and b O b and c O c and d a and darrow_forward
- (c) Hydrogen sulphide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula of H2S. 1) Determine the Lewis structure for H2S. ii) Identify the type of chemical bonding in H2S and explain the reason. 111) Identify the electron geometry and molecular geometry of H2S compound by referring to the Lewis structure. (d) Magnesium is a metal from Group 2 in the periodic table. Bromine is a non-metal from Group 17 that exists as a liquid at room temperature. Magnesium can react with bromine to produce magnesium bromide. Draw cle arly possible Lewis structure for magnesium bromide and explain the type of chemical bonding in magnesium bromide.arrow_forwardDetermine if xenon difluoride and xenon tetrafluoride are polar or nonpolar. Explain briefly.arrow_forwardPlease answer the question below in DETAIL.arrow_forward
- Predicting the arrangement of electron groups around the central atom of a molecule.arrow_forwardA molecule exhibits the trigonal bipyramidal shape. How many electron groups exist in the valence shell for the central atom in this molecule? Two Three Four Five More information is required to answer this questionarrow_forwardWhat is a dipole moment?arrow_forward
- O CHEMICAL BONDING Predicting the arrangement of electron groups around the central atom of a molecule Answer the questions in the table below about the shape of the phosphorus trichloride (PCI,) molecule. How many electron groups are around the central phosphorus atom? Note: one "electron group" means one lone pair, one single bond, one double bond, or one triple bond. What phrase best describes the arrangement of these electron groups around the central phosphorus atom? (You may need to use the scrollbar to see all the choices.) (choose one) Explanation Check O2020 McGraw-Hill Education, All Rights Re Type here to searcharrow_forwardConsider the bromate (BrO, anion. What is the central atom? Enter its chemical symbol. How many lone pairs are around the central atom? What is the ideal angle between the bromine-oxygen bonds? Compared to the ideal angle, you would expect the actual angle between the bromine-oxygen bonds to (choose one) be ...arrow_forwardWhy is water bent while Carbon dioxide is linear? Explain using the Lewis Representationarrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
World of Chemistry, 3rd editionChemistryISBN:9781133109655Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan L. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCostePublisher:Brooks / Cole / Cengage Learning
General, Organic, and Biological ChemistryChemistryISBN:9781285853918Author:H. Stephen StokerPublisher:Cengage Learning
Introductory Chemistry: An Active Learning Approa...ChemistryISBN:9781305079250Author:Mark S. Cracolice, Ed PetersPublisher:Cengage Learning
Chemistry: Matter and ChangeChemistryISBN:9780078746376Author:Dinah Zike, Laurel Dingrando, Nicholas Hainen, Cheryl WistromPublisher:Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co
Chemistry: Principles and PracticeChemistryISBN:9780534420123Author:Daniel L. Reger, Scott R. Goode, David W. Ball, Edward MercerPublisher:Cengage Learning
Living By Chemistry: First Edition TextbookChemistryISBN:9781559539418Author:Angelica StacyPublisher:MAC HIGHER
World of Chemistry, 3rd edition
Chemistry
ISBN:9781133109655
Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan L. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste
Publisher:Brooks / Cole / Cengage Learning
General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry
Chemistry
ISBN:9781285853918
Author:H. Stephen Stoker
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Introductory Chemistry: An Active Learning Approa...
Chemistry
ISBN:9781305079250
Author:Mark S. Cracolice, Ed Peters
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Chemistry: Matter and Change
Chemistry
ISBN:9780078746376
Author:Dinah Zike, Laurel Dingrando, Nicholas Hainen, Cheryl Wistrom
Publisher:Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co
Chemistry: Principles and Practice
Chemistry
ISBN:9780534420123
Author:Daniel L. Reger, Scott R. Goode, David W. Ball, Edward Mercer
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Living By Chemistry: First Edition Textbook
Chemistry
ISBN:9781559539418
Author:Angelica Stacy
Publisher:MAC HIGHER
INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR QUANTUM MECHANICS -Valence bond theory - 1; Author: AGK Chemistry;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8kPBPqDIwM;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY