REVIEW QUESTIONS

Chapter 10
  1. Write Lewis structure for each ionic compound shown below:
    a) SrO
    b)
  2. Write the formula for the ionic compound formed from the combination of the elements indicated by the following Lewis symbols. (Note: formulas should be written in terms of X and Y and not actual elements, since their identity is not conclusively known).
    а) .
    b)
    c) :
  3. Draw Lewis structures and use VSEPR to predict the shape and bond angles and polarity for each of the following molecules or ions:
    a)
Shape:
Bond angle:
Polarity (Y/N):
b)
Shape:
Bond angle:
Polarity (Y/N):
c)
Shape:
Bond angle:
Polarity (Y/N):
d)
Shape:
Bond angle:
Polarity (Y/N):
4. Determine what is wrong with each Lewis structure shown below, and write the correct structure.
a) :
b) :
5. Classify each of the following bonds as ionic, polar covalent or non-polar covalent:
a)
b)
c)
6. Arrange the following bonds in order of increasing polarity:



I-I

Li-F
< < < < <
least polar
most polar
7. For each bond below, determine the direction of the dipole and indicate by labeling the atoms with and - charges.
a)
b)
c) F- Cl
8. Shown below is the Lewis structure for acetaldehyde molecule. Predict the shape and the bond angle of the molecule at each point indicated:
CoO-

carbon (*) shape:
bond angle:
carbon (**) shape:
bond angle:
9. Complete each of the following statements with a suitable word or phrase:
a) Polarity of a bond is caused by
b) Linear molecules with polar bonds are usually
c) Molecules with 3 bonding pairs and 1 non-bonding pair of electrons around the central atom have a shape.
d) Bonds that have unequal sharing of electrons are classified as
.
e) Molecules with 2 bonding pairs and 2 non-bonding pair of electrons around the central atom have a shape.

ANSWERS:

  1. No answers provided
  2. a)
    b) XY
    c)
  3. a) pyramidal; ; polar
    b) bent; 109.5; polar
    c) trigonal planar; ; polar
    d) linear; ; non-polar
  4. No answers provided
  5. a) polar covalent
    b) ionic
    c) non-polar covalent
  6. No answers provided
  7. No answers provided
  8. carbon (*): tetrahedral;
    carbon (**): trigonal planar;
  9. No answers provided