Chapter 9, Problem 9.33QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The given bonds should be arranged in order of increasing ionic character.

Concept introduction:

• Ionic compound: Ionic compounds are those which consist of charged ions. These have opposite charges
• Electronegativity can be defined as the ability of an atom in a compound to attract the shared pair of electron towards itself
• In the periodic table, electronegativity increases from the left to right and in a group electron negativity decreases from top to bottom.
• The larger the electronegativity difference, the greater the ionic character.

To arrange: The given molecules in order of increasing ionic bond character