Vocabulary
VSEPR Theory and Molecular Shape/Polarity
Hybridization and multiple bonds
MO Theory
Miscellaneous
100
This is the arrangement of the atoms in a molecular or ion (jk).
What is molecular geometry?
100
In a valence shell of an atom, if there are 4 electron domains, the VSEPR Theory suggests that the atom will be arranged in a(n) _____ geometry (ST).
What is a tetrahedral?
100
The orbitals that curve to form pi bonds. (MB)
What are p(y) and p(z) orbitals?
100
This is the MO electron configuration of H_2+ ion (jk).
What is σ1s*^1?
100
Name the possible orbitals involved in non-hybrid bonding. (TW)
What is s and one dimension of p orbitals?
200
A region about the central atom where an electron pair is concentrated. (MB)
What is an electron domain?
200
This has an angle less than 190 degrees with an orbital hybridization of sp^3, and an example is OF_2 (jk).
What is bent from tetrahedral?
200
This type of bond occurs by overlapping on the internuclear axis. (TW)
What is sigma bonding?
200
What is the bond order in the molecule N_2 is (ST)?
What is 3?
200
The phenomena responsible for hybrid orbitals. (MB)
What is orbital overlap?
300
Chemical bonding in which an electron pair bond is formed between two atoms by the overlap of orbitals on the two atoms (ST).
What is the valence-bond theory?
300
In order for a molecule to have a "smearing out" of electrons in pi bonds or be delocalized, it must have ______. (TW)
What are resonant sturctures?
300
This has a large lobe pointed toward the vertex of a triangle and a smaller lobe pointed toward the center of the triangle (jk).
What is sp^2 hybrid orbital?
300
This interaction shifts the energetic ordering of molecular orbitals of diatomic molecules B2 through Ne2. (TW)
What is 2s-2p orbital interactions?
300
A substance with a bond angle of 107 degrees. (MB)
What is ammonia?
400
This is the type of magnetic behavior with molecules attracted into a magnetic field. (TW)
What is paramagnetism?
400
What is the electron-domain and molecular geometry of an H_3O+ ion (ST)?
What is a tetrahedral and trigonal pyramidal?
400
The hybridization of a central carbon atom of the electron-domain geometry of a tetrahedral is ____ (ST).
What is sp^3
400
That which the lewis structure fails to account for but the MO description does account for. (MB)
What is paramagnetism?
400
This depends on the polarities of the individual bonds and geometry of the molecule (jk).
What is dipole moment?
500
This is the electron density centered around the internuclear axis in the bonding and antibond MOs (jk).
What is sigma molecular orbitals?
500
The bond angle of Bromine Pentafluoride. (MB)
What is <90 degrees?
500
It is responsible for the color of many organic molecules. (MB)
What is the delocalization of pi bonds?
500
This is the result, regarding the shape of the orbital, of wave functions cancelling each other out. (TW)
What is the electron density being on opposite sides of the nuclei in the anitbonding orbital?
500
What is the molecular geometry of TeCl_4 (ST)?
What is a seesaw?
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