Ionic Lewis structure

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nshahwan 1L
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Ionic Lewis structure

Postby nshahwan 1L » Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:19 pm

How can you tell if the bond is ionic enough to write the lewis structure in that way? For example in 2B.9:2B.9 Draw the complete Lewis structure for each of the following compounds: (a) ammonium chloride; (b) potassium phosphide; (c) sodium hypochlorite.
Also, should we know the nomenclature for those?

AGulati_4A
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Re: Ionic Lewis structure

Postby AGulati_4A » Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:53 pm

If it is an anion and a cation then it is an ionic bond. KCl is ionic since K has a +1 charge while Cl- has a 1- charge. On the other hand, something like CH4 is a covalent bond since the C and the H both have a positive charge (4+ for the C and 1+ for the H)

MinuChoi
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Re: Ionic Lewis structure

Postby MinuChoi » Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:00 pm

We're not being tested on nomenclature, so while it's probably good to know the basic ones (like ionic ones such as magnesium sulfide), there shouldn't be any questions that we can't do if we don't know nomenclature.


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