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What if you solve for the overall rate law instead of a rate of formation? Would the coefficients still appear then?
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- Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:57 am
- Forum: General Rate Laws
- Topic: Coefficients in pre-equilibirum approach
- Replies: 2
- Views: 520
- Sat Mar 12, 2016 8:29 pm
- Forum: General Rate Laws
- Topic: Coefficients in pre-equilibirum approach
- Replies: 2
- Views: 520
Coefficients in pre-equilibirum approach
How do the coefficients of the overall reaction come into play when deriving the rate law using the pre-equilibrium approach? For example, I don't understand where the 2 comes from in the pre-equilibrium example in the course reader.
Thanks!
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- Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:53 pm
- Forum: *Cycloalkenes
- Topic: Winter 2013 Final Q6A, naming
- Replies: 1
- Views: 442
Re: Winter 2013 Final Q6A, naming
No. You wanted the smallest number at the first point of difference.
- Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:52 pm
- Forum: Student Social/Study Group
- Topic: Winter 2015 Question 5
- Replies: 1
- Views: 617
Re: Winter 2015 Question 5
You have to check in the redox table which has a higher reduction potential. The one with the higher reduction potential will be reduced.
- Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:51 pm
- Forum: General Rate Laws
- Topic: Pseudo rate constant
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2794
Pseudo rate constant
To find the rate constant for a first-order pseudo reaction, how do we find k'? It says in the course reader "slope" but I'm not sure which slope it's referring to.
- Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:51 pm
- Forum: *Constitutional and Geometric Isomers (cis, Z and trans, E)
- Topic: Double E/Z
- Replies: 3
- Views: 539
Re: Double E/Z
So then how do we determine cis/trans? What if one pair is E and the other is Z?
- Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:38 pm
- Forum: General Rate Laws
- Topic: Pseudo rate constant
- Replies: 2
- Views: 571
Re: Pseudo rate constant
So k' is -k?
- Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:57 pm
- Forum: *Ethers
- Topic: Ether Naming Order
- Replies: 1
- Views: 481
Re: Ether Naming Order
The ethyl will come first, but you'll still give numbering priority to the functional group.
- Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:42 pm
- Forum: General Rate Laws
- Topic: Pseudo rate constant
- Replies: 2
- Views: 571
Pseudo rate constant
To find the rate constant for a first-order pseudo reaction, how do we find k'? It says in the course reader "slope" but I'm not sure which slope it's referring to.
- Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:24 pm
- Forum: Galvanic/Voltaic Cells, Calculating Standard Cell Potentials, Cell Diagrams
- Topic: Cell potential
- Replies: 1
- Views: 286
Re: Cell potential
Well the pH tells you what your concentration of H+ is (10^-pH=[H+]). I haven't looked at the exact problem you're referring to, but if you say you're given the other concentrations, set up an equation for Q (the reaction quotient in the Nernst equation) and plug in the relevant concentrations, keep...
- Sat Mar 05, 2016 6:02 pm
- Forum: Calculating Standard Reaction Entropies (e.g. , Using Standard Molar Entropies)
- Topic: Total number of moles vs. moles of gas
- Replies: 2
- Views: 509
Total number of moles vs. moles of gas
Hi,
Which trumps which when estimating whether or not a reaction will experience an increase or decrease in entropy? For example, if a reaction produces fewer moles of gas than it uses up, but it will produce more moles overall, can we say the total entropy decreased or increased?
Thanks!
Which trumps which when estimating whether or not a reaction will experience an increase or decrease in entropy? For example, if a reaction produces fewer moles of gas than it uses up, but it will produce more moles overall, can we say the total entropy decreased or increased?
Thanks!
- Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:57 pm
- Forum: Calculating Standard Reaction Entropies (e.g. , Using Standard Molar Entropies)
- Topic: Greater residual entropy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 411
Re: Greater residual entropy
Yeah, technically NO can also be ON. BF3 has all identical "peripheral atoms" (F), so it can only adopt one orientation.
- Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:18 pm
- Forum: Entropy Changes Due to Changes in Volume and Temperature
- Topic: Problem 9.13
- Replies: 1
- Views: 424
Problem 9.13
In the solutions manual answer for the homework question, they use R instead of C when calculating the change in entropy with respect to temperature. In other words, they replace C with R in the equation for change in entropy. Why is that?
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:34 pm
- Forum: *Cycloalkenes
- Topic: Introduction to Organic Chemistry booklet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 476
Re: Introduction to Organic Chemistry booklet
No, you only have to know the information in the sections in the "lecture outline" on the Chem 14B website.
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:45 am
- Forum: *Alkenes
- Topic: Allyl and Vinyl
- Replies: 1
- Views: 424
Allyl and Vinyl
Hi, I'm a little confused about how to use allyl and vinyl. Both have double bonds in the structure, so my gut instinct when seeing a compound containing either would be to include the double bond in the parent chain rather than making it a substituent. When should I know not to do that? Or is it up...
- Sat Feb 27, 2016 10:37 pm
- Forum: *Cycloalkenes
- Topic: Naming problem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 393
Naming problem
Hi,
Why is the compound 1,6-dimethylcyclohexa-1,4-diene not 2,3 dimethyl etc.?
Why is the compound 1,6-dimethylcyclohexa-1,4-diene not 2,3 dimethyl etc.?
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:50 pm
- Forum: *Identifying Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary Carbons, Hydrogens, Nitrogens
- Topic: Trans and Cis
- Replies: 2
- Views: 485
Re: Trans and Cis
I think you can determine it from the line structure. It just depends on the location of the highest-priority substituents attached to the sp2 carbon. If they're opposite each other, then the molecule is trans. If they're on the same side, the molecule is cis.
- Tue Feb 23, 2016 4:56 pm
- Forum: *Electrophiles
- Topic: Steps in an organic reaction
- Replies: 1
- Views: 395
Re: Steps in an organic reaction
I think sometimes you can tell if there will be multiple steps, depending on how stable the product is. If, for example, substitution occurs and you end up with a positively-charged carbon, it's likely there will be another step, because the carbon does not want to be positively charged.
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 4:02 pm
- Forum: *Free Energy of Activation vs Activation Energy
- Topic: Activation energy vs. Gibbs Free Energy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 567
Activation energy vs. Gibbs Free Energy
In Self Test 4.4A (c) in Introduction to Organic Chemistry, they asked which step would have a greater activation energy if the y-axis were written in terms of potential energy instead of Gibbs Free energy. I don't quite understand why the first step, with the smaller hump, would have greater activa...
- Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:20 pm
- Forum: Reaction Mechanisms, Reaction Profiles
- Topic: Settin Up An Overall Rate Law
- Replies: 1
- Views: 444
Re: Settin Up An Overall Rate Law
No, you just describe the concentration of the intermediate in terms of the equilibrium constant K for that reaction, then you plug it into the slow step rate law. Essentially, you just want to rewrite the intermediate concentration in different terms, because it won't be present in the overall rate...
- Sun Feb 14, 2016 3:51 pm
- Forum: General Science Questions
- Topic: Sig figs with fractions
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3882
Sig figs with fractions
In the prep quiz questions, some numbers are written in fraction format (i.e. 1/16). How do I deal with sig figs with fractions? Should I convert it to a decimal and assume it has the same number of sig figs as another value in the problem?
Thank you!
Thank you!
- Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:59 am
- Forum: Arrhenius Equation, Activation Energies, Catalysts
- Topic: Activation energy?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 344
Activation energy?
Should we be concerned about the activation energy problems assigned from the textbook, since they're past the part of the textbook we're supposed to have read?
Thanks!
Thanks!
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:13 pm
- Forum: Administrative Questions and Class Announcements
- Topic: Research/Events in Chemistry Department
- Replies: 1
- Views: 467
Research/Events in Chemistry Department
Hi, My name is Deanna Necula and I'm a Academic News reporter for the Daily Bruin. We're looking for information about events/research occurring in the Chemistry (or related) department that would be of interest to a larger audience. If there is any research or events occurring in an academic depart...
- Sun Feb 07, 2016 10:52 pm
- Forum: Concepts & Calculations Using Second Law of Thermodynamics
- Topic: Arranging molecules in ordr of increasing/decreasing entropy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 523
Re: Arranging molecules in ordr of increasing/decreasing ent
Mass. Greater mass means more fundamental units (and therefore more ways for the units to be scrambled about and generate disorder/greater entropy).
- Sun Feb 07, 2016 10:43 pm
- Forum: Interesting Applications: Rechargeable Batteries (Cell Phones, Notebooks, Cars), Fuel Cells (Space Shuttle), Photovoltaic Cells (Solar Panels), Electrolysis, Rust
- Topic: 14.55 How to determine the anode
- Replies: 1
- Views: 533
Re: 14.55 How to determine the anode
It's an aqueous species, so it means it's dissolved in water. The water is the anode because it's lower down in the electrochemical table, so it's more likely to be oxidized than the sulfate.
- Sun Feb 07, 2016 8:14 pm
- Forum: Galvanic/Voltaic Cells, Calculating Standard Cell Potentials, Cell Diagrams
- Topic: Mid term 2011 #6
- Replies: 2
- Views: 381
Re: Mid term 2011 #6
I haven't looked at the exact problem you're referring to, but generally the farther apart on the electrochemistry table they are, the larger the difference between their standard reduction potentials (therefore the larger their Ecell)
- Sun Feb 07, 2016 7:48 pm
- Forum: Gibbs Free Energy Concepts and Calculations
- Topic: Delta G equals 0
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4377
Re: Delta G equals 0
Equilibrium (no likelihood of proceeding either direction)
- Sun Feb 07, 2016 7:47 pm
- Forum: Galvanic/Voltaic Cells, Calculating Standard Cell Potentials, Cell Diagrams
- Topic: Calculating Standard Cell Potentials
- Replies: 2
- Views: 397
Re: Calculating Standard Cell Potentials
The reaction with the more positive (less negative) reduction potential will be the one undergoing reduction (it has a higher potential for reduction). The other one therefore must be the anode, and must be reversed.
- Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:40 pm
- Forum: Galvanic/Voltaic Cells, Calculating Standard Cell Potentials, Cell Diagrams
- Topic: Order of same-phase species in cell diagram/14.5
- Replies: 1
- Views: 332
Order of same-phase species in cell diagram/14.5
Hi, Does it matter in which order I put same-phase species in my cell diagram, if they are separated by commas? Also, how do I know where to put "miscellaneous" ions such as "H+" in my cell diagram? Also, in hw 14.15 c), they separated two species at the cathode that were of the ...
- Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:05 pm
- Forum: Balancing Redox Reactions
- Topic: Redox reactions in Basic or Acidic conditions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2183
Re: Redox reactions in Basic or Acidic conditions
Will we be told if a reaction is basic or acidic?
- Sat Jan 30, 2016 3:47 pm
- Forum: Concepts & Calculations Using First Law of Thermodynamics
- Topic: Quiz 1 Preparation Winter 2015 #3
- Replies: 4
- Views: 776
Re: Quiz 1 Preparation Winter 2015 #3
I think that when a reaction is isothermal, that just means that the internal energy change is 0. The temperature as a whole does not change from the start to the end of the reaction, but it doesn't mean that no work or no heat transfer has occurred; it just means that any factors that can affect th...
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:19 am
- Forum: Gibbs Free Energy Concepts and Calculations
- Topic: Finding Range of Temperatures and Delta G
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1369
Re: Finding Range of Temperatures and Delta G
You're solving for ∆G=0 because at that point the reaction shifts from spontaneous to non-spontaneous and vice versa. Therefore, if you calculate the temperature of reaction that would allow you to have ∆G=0, below (or above, depending on the problem) that temperature you will have negative ∆G, mean...
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:15 am
- Forum: Concepts & Calculations Using First Law of Thermodynamics
- Topic: 2015 workbook problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 656
Re: 2015 workbook problem
The external pressure of 3 atm. The "P" in that equation always represents the external pressure.
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:08 pm
- Forum: Concepts & Calculations Using First Law of Thermodynamics
- Topic: 2015 workbook problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 656
Re: 2015 workbook problem
I think for this instance, because the volume is changing, you can assume it already takes into account the change in pressure (because by changing volume you change pressure). So, you just have to use the volume change for your work equation.
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:56 pm
- Forum: Concepts & Calculations Using First Law of Thermodynamics
- Topic: Change in Internal Energy in Workbook Problem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 316
Change in Internal Energy in Workbook Problem
Hi,
For Winter 2014 workbook problem #11, in Step 2 ("getting back to the original internal energy"), ∆U suddenly becomes positive 158 J when just previously we had calculated -158 J for the change in internal energy. Why does it become a positive value?
Thank you!
For Winter 2014 workbook problem #11, in Step 2 ("getting back to the original internal energy"), ∆U suddenly becomes positive 158 J when just previously we had calculated -158 J for the change in internal energy. Why does it become a positive value?
Thank you!
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:51 pm
- Forum: Concepts & Calculations Using First Law of Thermodynamics
- Topic: Quiz 1 Preparation Winter 2015 #3
- Replies: 4
- Views: 776
Re: Quiz 1 Preparation Winter 2015 #3
Because it's an isothermal reaction, you know that ∆U=0. Therefore, q must be -w, which you've already calculated. And I think it asked for change in internal energy, not enthalpy.
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:01 pm
- Forum: Entropy Changes Due to Changes in Volume and Temperature
- Topic: Cv for Textbook Example 9.5
- Replies: 1
- Views: 265
Cv for Textbook Example 9.5
The textbook example 9.5 states: "In one experiment, 1.00 mol O2(g) was compressed suddenly (and irreversibly) from 5.00 L to 1.00 L by driving in a piston, and in the process its temperature was increased from 20.0 C to 25.2 C. What is the change in entropy of the gas?" I know that to cal...
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 8:59 pm
- Forum: Entropy Changes Due to Changes in Volume and Temperature
- Topic: Highest Entropy at Lower Temp.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 354
Re: Highest Entropy at Lower Temp.
I think you're right that entropy as a singular, absolute value is highest at high temperature, but the change in entropy is maximized the lower the initial temperature. You can see this effect from the equation ∆S=qrev/T; the lower the temperature of reaction, the higher the change in entropy. Conc...
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:05 pm
- Forum: Thermodynamic Definitions (isochoric/isometric, isothermal, isobaric)
- Topic: Sig Figs for equations with ln
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4228
Sig Figs for equations with ln
I remember there was a different way to do sig figs last unit, when calculating pH using log. For this unit, when we are using ln, must we apply the same sig figs rule? Also, is it applied right after using ln or log, and that truncated number is used in further calculations, or is it applied at the...
- Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:37 pm
- Forum: Entropy Changes Due to Changes in Volume and Temperature
- Topic: Entropy and Pressure
- Replies: 1
- Views: 401
Entropy and Pressure
I'm unsure as to why entropy would decrease when there is an increase in pressure. Is this statement only applicable if the pressure increase is done by decreasing the volume? That would make more sense to me. But if, for a given volume, the pressure increases (say by pumping in more molecules of ga...
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 7:05 pm
- Forum: Concepts & Calculations Using First Law of Thermodynamics
- Topic: When can we assume standard state?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 261
When can we assume standard state?
In problem 8.49, we needed to know temperature in order to use the equation PV=nRT. However, there was no given temperature in the problem. The solutions manual assumed 25C. When can we assume that a reaction is occurring at standard state (this particular problem gave no mention that the problem wa...
- Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:32 pm
- Forum: Heat Capacities, Calorimeters & Calorimetry Calculations
- Topic: Final temperature in 8.21
- Replies: 1
- Views: 397
Final temperature in 8.21
8.21 asks to calculate the final temperature of water after adding a piece of copper. However, the solutions manual calculations inputs the same final temperature variable for the copper and the water in the equation "heat lost by metal=-heat gained by water", and solves for it that way. H...
- Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:34 pm
- Forum: Phase Changes & Related Calculations
- Topic: Celsius to Kelvin conversion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 723
Celsius to Kelvin conversion
In example 8.3 in the textbook, where we were asked to calculate the heat necessary to increase the temperature of (a) 100 g (b) 2 mol of water from 20 to 100 degrees Celsius, the textbook used Kelvin in (b) because molar heat capacity is expressed in Kelvin rather than Celsius. However, it used 80 ...
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:34 am
- Forum: Calculating pH or pOH for Strong & Weak Acids & Bases
- Topic: Delocalizing charge of acid
- Replies: 1
- Views: 415
Re: Delocalizing charge of acid
A greater electronegativity means that H will acquire a more positive partial charge. Therefore, it's more likely to dissociate and "attach" onto a base, because the base will supply it with the electrons it needs. Also, the more electronegative the halogen the more the electron density is...
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:26 am
- Forum: Ionic & Covalent Bonds
- Topic: Question 3.9 Ground state electron configuration
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3873
Re: Question 3.9 Ground state electron configuration
You know that the M2+ ion has lost two electrons. Therefore, for each electron configuration, just tack on two extra electrons to determine what each M is without any lost electrons. However, be careful; remember that after the d-orbitals are filled up, next come the "s" orbitals for that ...
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:16 am
- Forum: Applying Le Chatelier's Principle to Changes in Chemical & Physical Conditions
- Topic: Pressure aspect of Le Chatelier's Principle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 655
Re: Pressure aspect of Le Chatelier's Principle
The equilibrium constant K for a certain chemical reaction is the "goal" of that particular reaction, because it describes a favorable state where reactants and products are constantly being replenished and the direction of the reaction is not skewed towards any one direction. Any changes ...
- Sat Nov 28, 2015 4:34 pm
- Forum: Lewis Structures
- Topic: Structure of N02
- Replies: 1
- Views: 488
Structure of N02
The answer to the Lewis structure of N2O on the Fall 2012 midterm has a central N connected to another N and an O via double bonds. However, my drawing has a central N connected to an N via a triple bond and a single bond linking to the other O. In my Lewis structure, the oxygen (which is more elect...
- Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:49 pm
- Forum: Properties & Structures of Inorganic & Organic Acids
- Topic: Electron withdrawing power of CH3
- Replies: 1
- Views: 390
Electron withdrawing power of CH3
Why does CH3 have less electron withdrawing power than H? Is carbon (which is the atom attached to the rest of the structure) not more electronegative than H, and thus better able to withdraw electrons from the O-H bond to strengthen the acid?
Thank you!
Thank you!
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:04 pm
- Forum: Shape, Structure, Coordination Number, Ligands
- Topic: Ligands and Chelating Complexes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 541
Re: Ligands and Chelating Complexes
I have uploaded the video in a different (.mov) format.
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:03 pm
- Forum: Shape, Structure, Coordination Number, Ligands
- Topic: Diethylenetriamine
- Replies: 2
- Views: 485
Re: Diethylenetriamine
It's actually tridentate.
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:11 pm
- Forum: Non-Equilibrium Conditions & The Reaction Quotient
- Topic: Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 753
Re: Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
Typically dissociation reactions are endothermic, because it requires energy to break bonds. Similarly, reactions involving a compound being "built" are typically exothermic, because energy is released when you form bonds.
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:56 am
- Forum: Equilibrium Constants & Calculating Concentrations
- Topic: Calculating Partial Pressure
- Replies: 1
- Views: 518
Re: Calculating Partial Pressure
They give you the equilibrium concentrations for all the products and reactants so just set up the K expression and calculate K by plugging in the equilibrium concentrations. Then redo your ice box, starting with half the initial quantity of BrCl. Set your new equilibrium concentrations equal to the...
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:16 am
- Forum: Equilibrium Constants & Calculating Concentrations
- Topic: Homework Question 11.1 (d)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 414
Re: Homework Question 11.1 (d)
The thing is, if you add more of a certain reactant, the final concentrations can't be the exact same as before, because now you have more matter. The only thing that is always the same at equilibrium is your K constant. This doesn't necessarily imply that your concentrations are the same; instead, ...
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:13 am
- Forum: Shape, Structure, Coordination Number, Ligands
- Topic: Determining Chelating complex based on shape
- Replies: 1
- Views: 351
Re: Determining Chelating complex based on shape
I'm not sure cis molecules will always chelate...if there's an obstructing atom in the structure between the two atoms that could potentially chelate, then it won't likely chelate because that atom will prevent them from being close enough to do so. For example, look at (b) and (c) 17.36 in the text...
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:11 pm
- Forum: Naming
- Topic: Adding -ate at the end of names
- Replies: 2
- Views: 410
Re: Adding -ate at the end of names
Yes, even when there's a cation outside the complex you must add -ate at the end of the transition metal name along with the oxidation state in roman numerals. The cation outside the complex implies that the complex itself is anionic, and whenever the entire coordination complex is anionic you add -...
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:02 pm
- Forum: Applying Le Chatelier's Principle to Changes in Chemical & Physical Conditions
- Topic: Conditions favoring production - pressure
- Replies: 6
- Views: 832
Re: Conditions favoring production - pressure
Yes, there are in total 2 moles on the left side of the equation and three on the right. Therefore, there will be a greater perceived pressure on the right side than on the left, because when you decrease the volume (which is how we're assuming we increase pressure because otherwise the change in pr...
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 11:03 pm
- Forum: Ideal Gases
- Topic: Net ionic equations?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 395
Net ionic equations?
There is an example in the textbook of a chemical equation involving the dissociation of ionic compounds, where an aqueous product is not included in the equilibrium expression. The textbook says that the reason it's not included is because the concentrations of the spectator ions cancel and only th...
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 3:25 pm
- Forum: Polarisability of Anions, The Polarizing Power of Cations
- Topic: Fall 2010 Midterm Q.7 b Polar or Non Polar
- Replies: 2
- Views: 593
Re: Fall 2010 Midterm Q.7 b Polar or Non Polar
The bromine atoms have a different electronegativity than the hydrogen atoms, so the dipole moments won't be of equal size. Therefore, they won't fully cancel each other out. Tetrahedral structures are only non-polar when all the peripheral atoms are identical.
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:30 pm
- Forum: Significant Figures
- Topic: How many significant figures does this question require?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 487
How many significant figures does this question require?
The question is: calculate the moles of nickel chloride in 20 mL of a 0.01 M solution. In this problem I convert the volume to liters, where the number of liters would be 0.02L. Therefore, does my answer require the number of significant figures that I get during the conversion or as many as there a...
- Sat Oct 24, 2015 12:38 pm
- Forum: Determining Molecular Shape (VSEPR)
- Topic: Determining bond angles
- Replies: 3
- Views: 486
Determining bond angles
When determining bond angles, should they be calculated around each central atom? For example, if you have two carbons linked together surrounded by hydrogen atoms, should the C-H bond angle be calculated around each carbon? So you would have two bond angles around a central atom, not just one. Than...
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 12:13 pm
- Forum: Lewis Structures
- Topic: How many unpaired electrons does the molecule O2 have?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 15731
How many unpaired electrons does the molecule O2 have?
In the textbook, it says that the molecule O2 has 2 unpaired electrons. However, when I draw the Lewis structure (and count the number of valence electrons, which happen to be even), no electrons are unpaired.
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:59 pm
- Forum: Electronegativity
- Topic: Does a greater difference in EN correlate to a stronger bond
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1206
Does a greater difference in EN correlate to a stronger bond
If there is a greater difference in electronegativities between atoms present in an ionic bond, is that bond considered "stronger"? Does the same concept apply to covalent bonds?