Chemical Bonding
Chemical Bonding
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Naming Molecular
Compounds (Covalent)
Type III
Nonmetal + nonmetal
The Covalent Bond
Sharing of electrons
Properties of Molecular or Covalent Compounds
H N H
H
Molecular formula NH3
Molecular Formulas
• Examples
• CO2
• SO3
• N2 O5
Rules for Naming
Molecular compounds
• The most “metallic” nonmetal
element is written first (the one
that is furthest left)
• The most nonmetallic of the two
nonmetals is written last in the
formula
• NO2 not O2N
• All binary molecular compounds end
in -ide
Molecular compounds
• Ionic compounds use charges to determine the
chemical formula
• The molecular compound‘s name tells you the
number of each element in the chemical
formula.
• Uses prefixes to tell you the quantity of each
element.
• You need to memorize the prefixes !
Prefixes
• 1 mono
• 2 di
• 3 tri
• 4 tetra
• 5 penta Memorize!
• 6 hexa
• 7 hepta
• 8 octa
• 9 nona
• 10
deca
More Molecular Compound Rules
• If there is only one of the first element do
not put (prefix) mono
• Example: carbon monoxide (not monocarbon monoxide)
N2O5
Molecular compounds
N2O5
di
Molecular compounds
N2O5
dinitrogen
Molecular compounds
N2O5
dinitrogen penta
Molecular compounds
N2O5
dinitrogen pentaoxide
Molecular compound Naming Practice
N2O5
dinitrogen pentaoxide
Molecular compounds
N2O5
dinitrogen
pentoxide
dinitrogen pentoxide
Molecular
compounds Sulfur
trioxide
Molecular compounds
Sulfur
trioxide
S
Molecular compounds
Sulfur
trioxide
S
Molecular compounds
Sulfur trioxide
S O3
Molecular
compounds Sulfur
trioxide
S O3
SO3
Molecular compounds
CCl4
Molecular compounds
CCl4
monocarbon
Molecular compounds
CCl4
monocarbon
Molecular compounds
CCl4
carbon
Molecular compounds
CCl4
carbon tetra
Molecular compounds
CCl4
carbon tetrachloride
Molecular compounds
CCl4
carbon tetrachloride
Carbon tetrachloride
Write molecular formulas
for these
• diphosphorus pentoxide
• P2O5
• trisulfur hexaflouride
• S3F6
• nitrogen triiodide
• NI3
Common Names
H2O
NH3
Common
Names
H2O Water
NH3 Ammonia
Bond Types
• N2 EN difference = 0
• HF EN difference = 1.9
Polar vs. Nonpolar
MOLECULES
• Sometimes the bonds within a
molecule are polar and yet the
molecule itself is non-polar
Nonpolar Molecules
• Molecule is Equal on all sides
– Symmetrical shape of molecule
(atoms surrounding central atom are
the same on all sides)
H
Draw Lewis dot first and
see if equal on all sides
H C H
H
Polar Molecules
• Molecule is Not Equal on all sides
– Not a symmetrical shape of molecule
(atoms surrounding central atom are
not the same on all sides)
Cl
H C H
H
Polar Molecule
+
H Cl -
Cl Cl
Equal Sharing of Electrons
Polar Molecule
H Cl
B
H
Not symmetrical
Non-Polar Molecule
H H
B
H Symmetrical
Water is a POLAR molecule
Molecule geometry X A X
OR
A X
Shared Pairs = 2 Unshared Pairs = 0
2. Trigonal Planar
Ball and stick
model
Molecule geometry X
A
X X
Shared Pairs = 3 Unshared Pairs = 0
3.Tetrahedral
Ball and stick Molecule geometry
model
..
Lewis Diagram A
X X
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