Chemistry

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Question:

Arrange the following bonds ‘in order of increasing ionic character giving reason.
N-H, F-H, C-H and O-H

Answer:

Electronegativity difference

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Increasing order of electronegativity difference: C-H Greater is the difference in electronegativity between two bonded atoms, greater is the ionic character.

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Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Q 1.

Elements X, Y and Z have 4, 5 and 7 valence electrons respectively, (i) Write the molecular formula of the compounds formed by these elements individually with hydrogen, (ii) Which of these compounds will have the highest dipole moment?

Q 2.

Which of the following statements are not correct?
(a) NaCl being an ionic compound is a good conductor of electricity in the solid state.
(b) In canonical structures there is a difference in the arrangement of atoms.
(c) Hybrid orbitals form stronger bonds than pure orbitals.
(d) VSEPR theory can explain the square planar geometry of XeF4.

Q 3.

State the types of hybrid orbitals associated with (i) P in PCl5  and (ii) S in  SF6

Q 4.

Write the significance of plus and minus sign in representing the orbitals,

Q 5.

Match the items given in Column I with examples given in Column II.

Column I Column II
(i) Hydrogen bond (a) C
(ii) Resonance (b) LiF
(iii) Ionic solid (c) H2
(iv) Covalent solid (d) HF
  (e) 03

Q 6.

Write Lewis structure of the following compounds and show formal charge on each atom.  HN03, No2, H2so4

Q 7.

All the C – O bonds in carbonate ion (CO2-3) are equal in length. Explain.

Q 8.

Briefly describe the valence bond theory of covalent bond formation by taking an example of hydrogen. How can you interpret energy changes taking place in the formation of dihydrogen?

Q 9.

Name the two conditions which must be satisfied for hydrogen bonding to take place in a molecule.

Q 10.

Which of the following species have the same shape?
(a) C02
(b) CC14                                  
(c) 03                                                
(d) N02

Q 11.

Explain why PC15 is trigonal bipyramidal whereas IF5 is square pyramidal.

Q 12.

Assertion (A): Though the central atom of both NH3 and H20 molecules are sp3 hybridised, yet H – N – H bond angle is greater than that of H – O – H.
Reason (R): This is because nitrogen atom has one lone pair and oxygen atom has two lone pairs.
(a) A and R both are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) A and R both are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A and R both are false.

Q 13.

Define electronegativity. How does it differ from electron gain enthalpy?

Q 14.

Is there any change in the hybridisation ofB and N atoms as a result of the following reaction ?  BF3 + NH3 ——-> F3 B.NH3

Q 15.

Considering X-axis as the intemuclear axis which out of the following will not form a sigma bond and why? (a) Is and Is (b) Is and  2px  (c)  2py  and 2py (d) Is and 2s

Q 16.

Which of the following statements are correct about CO32- ?
(a) The hybridization of central atom is sp3.
(b) Its resonance structure has one C – O single bond and two C = O double bonds.
(c) The average formal charge on each oxygen atom is 0.67 units.
(d) All C – O bond lengths are equal.

Q 17.

Species having same bond order are
(a) N2                                            
(b) N2                                              
(C) F+2                                            
(d) o2

Q 18.

What is an ionic bond? With two suitable examples explain the difference between an ionic and covalent bond?

Q 19.

Arrange the following bonds ‘in order of increasing ionic character giving reason.
N-H, F-H, C-H and O-H

Q 20.

Assertion (A): Among the two O – H bonds in H20 molecule, the energy required to break the first O – H bond and other O – H bond is the same.
Reason (R): This is because the electronic environment around oxygen is the same even after breakage of one O – H bond.
(a) A and R both are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) A and R both are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A and R both are false.

Q 21.

Write Lewis symbols for the following atoms and ions: S and  S2– ; Al and  Al3+; H and H

Q 22.

Arrange the bonds in order of increasing ionic character in the molecules: LiF, K2O, N2, SO2 and ClF3.

Q 23.

Apart from tetrahedral geometry, another possible geometry for CH4 is square planar with the four H atoms at the comers of the square and the C atom at its centre. Explain why CH4 is not square planar?

Q 24.

Predict the shapes of the following molecules using VSEPR theory?
(i) BeCl2(ii) SiCl4

Q 25.

Define covalent bond according to orbital concept?

Q 26.

Which is more polar CO2  or  N2O? Give reason.

Q 27.

Out of bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals, which one has lower energy and which one has higher stability?

Q 28.

(a) Define dipole moment. What are the units of dipole moment?
(b) Dipole moment values help in predicting the shapes of covalent molecules. Explain.

Q 29.

(a) How many a and n bonds are present in
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(b) Why Hf is more stable than H2?
(c) Why is B2 molecule paramagnetic?

Q 30.

In which of the following molecule/ion all the bonds are not equal?
(a) XeF4                                  
(b) BF4                                        
(c) C2H4                                    
(d) SiF4

Q 31.

CO is isoelectronic with
(a) NO+
(b) N2                                              
(c) SnCl2                                    
(d) N02

Q 32.

Structures of molecules of two compounds are given below:

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(a) Which of the two compounds will have intermolccular hydrogen bonding and which compound is expected to show intramolecular hydrogen bonding?
(b) The melting point of a compound depends on. among other things, the extent of hydrogen bonding. On this basis explain which of the above two compounds will show higher melting point.
(c) Solubility of compounds in water depends on power to form hydrogen bonds with water. Which of the above compounds will form hydrogen bond with water easily and be more soluble in it?

Q 33.

Explain why CO2-3 ion cannot be represented by a single Lewis structure. How can it be best represented?

Q 34.

Match the shape of molecules in Column I with the type of hybridization in Column II.

Column I Column II
(i) Tetrahedral (a) sp2
(ii) Trigonal (b) sp
(iii) Linear (c) sp3

Q 35.

Explain the formation of a chemical bond.

Q 36.

How do you express the bond strength in terms of bond order?

Q 37.

Use Lewis symbols to show electron transfer between the following atoms to form cations and anions (a) K and S (b) Ca and O (c) Al and N.

Q 38.

Although both CO2 and H2O are triatomic molecules, the shape of H2O molecule is bent while that of CO2 is linear. Explain this on the basis of dipole moment.

Q 39.

The skeletal structure of  CH3COOH  as shown below is correct, but some of the bonds are shown incorrectly. Write the correct Lewis structure for acetic acid.
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Q 40.

Which out of NH3 and NF3 has higher dipole moment and why?

Q 41.

What is the total number of sigma and pi bonds in the following molecules?
(a) C2 H2 (b) C2 H4

Q 42.

Explain the formation of  H2 molecule on the basis of valence bond theory.

Q 43.

Write the important conditions required for the linear combination of atomic orbitals to form molecular orbitals.

Q 44.

Compare the relative stability of the following species and indicate their magnetic properties: O2, O2, O2 (Superoxide),O22- (peroxide)

Q 45.

Define hydrogen bonds. Is it weaker or stronger than the van der Waals forces?

Q 46.

Out of sigma and Π  bonds, which one is stronger and why?

Q 47.

Arrange  O2,O2,O22-, O2+in increasing order of bond energy.

Q 48.

What is meant by bond pairs of electrons?

Q 49.

Which of the following has larger bond angle in each pair?
(i) CO2, BF3 (ii) NH3, CH4

Q 50.

Why  B2  is paramagnetic in nature while C2 is not?