Chapter 9: Problem 8
What are the relationships among bond order, bond energy, and bond length? Which of these quantities can be measured?
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Chapter 9: Problem 8
What are the relationships among bond order, bond energy, and bond length? Which of these quantities can be measured?
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Using the molecular orbital model, write electron configurations for the following diatomic species and calculate the bond orders. Which ones are paramagnetic? Place the species in order of increasing bond length and bond energy. $$ \text {a} \mathrm{CN}^{+} \quad \text { b. CN } \quad \text { c. } \mathrm{CN}^{-} $$
Draw the Lewis structure for HCN. Indicate the hybrid orbitals, and draw a picture showing all the bonds between the atoms, labeling each bond as \(\sigma\) or \(\pi .\)
Show how two 2\(p\) atomic orbitals can combine to form a \(\sigma\) or a \(\pi\) molecular orbital.
Using the molecular orbital model, write electron configurations for the following diatomic species and calculate the bond orders. Which ones are paramagnetic? Place the species in order of increasing bond length and bond energy. $$ \text {a} \mathrm{CO} \quad \text { b. } \mathrm{CO}^{+} \quad \text { c. } \mathrm{CO}^{2+} $$
The diatomic molecule OH exists in the gas phase. OH plays an important part in combustion reactions and is a reactive oxidizing agent in polluted air. The bond length and bond energy have been measured to be 97.06 \(\mathrm{pm}\) and 424.7 \(\mathrm{kJ} / \mathrm{mol}\) respectively. Assume that the OH molecule is analogous to the HF molecule discussed in the chapter and that the MOs result from the overlap of a \(p_{z}\) orbital from oxygen and the 1\(s\) orbital of hydrogen (the O-H bond lies along the z axis). a. Draw pictures of the sigma bonding and antibonding molecular orbitals in OH. b. Which of the two MOs has the greater hydrogen 1\(s\) character? c. Can the 2\(p_{x}\) orbital of oxygen form MOs with the 1\(s\) orbital of hydrogen? Explain. d. Knowing that only the 2\(p\) orbitals of oxygen interact significantly with the 1\(s\) orbital of hydrogen, complete the MO energy-level diagram for OH. Place the correct number of electrons in the energy levels. e. Estimate the bond order for OH. f. Predict whether the bond order of \(\mathrm{OH}^{+}\) is greater than, less than, or the same as that of OH. Explain.
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