Bonding
Chemical Formulas & Names
Molecular Shapes
Intramolecular Bonds
Intermolecular Bonds
100
These determine the reactivity, and thus ability of an atom to bond.
What are valence electrons?
100
MgCl2
What is the chemical formula for magnesium chloride?
100
The shape of a molecule with a central CARBON atom that is bonded to 4 other atoms
What is tetrahedral geometry?
100
Ionic bonds, covalent bonds, metallic bonds
What are the 3 types of intramolecular bonds?
100
The bond that is found in all molecules (polar and non-polar)
What is dispersion force?
200
The number of valence electrons around calcium
What is 2?
200
Fe(OH)3
What is the chemical formula for ferric hydroxide?
200
The kind of shape commonly seen with oxygen atoms when it bonds to two different atoms
What is bent?
200
The compounds formed from this kind of bond are called molecules
What is a covalent bond?
200
The kind of dipole found in dispersion forces that is responsible for the dispersion forces' bond weakness
What is a temporary dipole?
300
Halogens have this oxidation number
What is -1?
300
Sodium hydroxide
What is the chemical name of NaOH?
300
The kind of shape that NF3 takes on
What is trigonal pyramidal?
300
The force that holds ionic compounds together through the attraction of positive and negative ions
What is electrostatic force?
300
The kind of intramolecular bond in which hydrogen atoms of neighboring molecules form bonds to other molecule's partially negative atoms
What is hydrogen bonding?
400
Most atoms need 8 valence electrons to be stable
What is the Octet Rule?
400
The formula for the permanganate ion
What is MnO4 (-1 charge)?
400
The kind of shape that benzene takes on
What is planar?
400
The kind of bond that occurs between a metal atom and a non-metal atom
What is an ionic bond?
400
The ability of an atom to attract shared electrons to itself
What is electronegativity?
500
These types of structures allow us to easily track electrons during the bonding process
What is a Lewis (or electron dot) structure?
500
Diphosphorous tetrabromide
What is the chemical name of P2Br4?
500
Carbon dioxide's shape
What is linear?
500
The kind of bond in which electrons are unequally shared between two non-metal atoms
What is a polar covalent bond?
500
The kind of bond found between polar molecules and that have a permanent dipole
What is a dipole-dipole force?
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