CHEM Test 2 Solutions
CHEM Test 2 Solutions
Second Exam
18th February
WRITE YOUR NAME IN BLOCK CAPITALS ON THE TOP OF EACH SHEET NO CALCULATOR IS ALLOWED FOR THIS TEST In taking this examination your are expected to adhere to the GT academic honor code. At a minimum this requires that you utilize only the materials supplied to you, and that you do not give help to, or accept help from, others. 1) For each of the molecules in the following list you should use VSEPR to predict the shape of the molecule. As part of each answer you should indicate how many pairs of electrons are involved in bonding to the central atom, you should draw the structure of the molecule and indicate on the structural drawing the location of any lone pairs that may be present on the central atom, and you should state what the shape of the molecule is. a) PH3 4 pairs of electrons, pyramidal
H P H H
b) IF5 6 pairs of electrons, square pyramidal
F F F I F F
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F S F F
2) For each of the following molecules state the hybridization state (spn or spndx) of the valence orbitals on the central atom. a) H2O b) PCl3 c) SF6 3) sp3 sp3 sp3d2
Draw and label a MO diagram for Li2+ in its ground state. What is the bond order of the molecular ion Li2+?
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2s
2s
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2px, py, pz 2s
b) Using the above MO diagram determine bond orders for the following species O2+, O2- or O22-? O2 + O2 O22c) bond order 2.5 bond order 1.5 bond order 1.0 Which of the species O2+, O2- or O22- has the shortest bond?
O2+has the shortest bond d) Which of the species O2, S2 or O2+ has the longest bond? S2 has the longest bond e) Which of the following species are paramagnetic, O22-, O2-, O2, O2+? O2-, O2 and O2+ are paramagnetic f) Which of the following species has the largest ionization energy, O22-, O2-, O2, O2+? O2+ has the largest ionization energy g) Which of the following has the largest ionization energy, O2 or O? O has the largest ionization energy
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For each of the following groups of molecules state which one is likely to have the highest boiling point. a) CCl4, GeCl4, SiCl4 b) PH3, NH3 c) HCl, HBr, HI, HF d) H2S, H2Se, H2O e) CH4, SiH4, GeH4 6) Assuming that the simplified MO energy level diagram for a diatomic molecule AB (given below) shows all the orbitals that play an important role in bonding answer the following questions. a) Which of the atoms A or B is most electronegative? B b) What is the bond order for the molecule? Bond order of 1.0 c) What happens to the molecule if one of the electrons in the sigma bonding orbital is promoted to the sigma antibonding orbital giving an excited state with electron configuration 1*1 ? (does the bond get weaker or stronger) The bond gets weaker
A B
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