CM1502 Tutorial 2 Sem2 2012/13

1. Give the Lewis structures for the following triatomic molecules and state if the usual
valency has been broken, also provide the bond order.
a) H
2
S
b) CO
2

c) HCN
d) SO
2

e) ONF

2. Give the Lewis structures for the following polyatomic molecules and state if the usual
valency has been broken, also provide the bond order.
a) NH
3

b) SF
4

c) COF
2

d) C
2
H
4

e) CH
3
CHO
f) H
2
O
2

g) CO
3
2-

h) SO
3
2-

i) XeO
3

j) H
2
TeO
4

k) N
2
O
3


3. Use VSEPR to predict the structures of the triatomic molecules in Question 1. Estimate
bond angles, and state the name of the geometry with respected to the bonded atoms, e.g.,
tetrahedral, about relevant atomic centers.

4. Use VSEPR to predict the structures of the polyatomic molecules in Question 2.
Estimate bond angles, and state the name of the geometry, e.g., tetrahedral, about relevant
atomic centers.

5. Draw resonance structures for the ClO
3
-
and ClO
4
-
ions and determine the average
Cl-O bond order in each. Which of these ions would be expected to have the shorter Cl-O
bond length?
6.
+
H
3
NCH
2
COO
-
, is the form of the amino acid, glycine, in solution at pH 7. Use Lewis
structures, VSEPR and VB theory to
a) Give the 3D structure of the entire molecule.
b) State the geometry at the nitrogen and two carbons.
c) Provide estimates of various bond angles in the molecule.
d) State the hybridization on each polyvalent atom.
e) State the type of bonding taking place between atoms ( or or both)

7. Draw the MO diagrams for the following diatomic species and predict (a) whether the
following molecules exist, (b) the bond order, (c) whether paramagnetic or diamagnetic,
(d) the number of unpaired electrons. Refer to the periodic table if necessary.
a) Ca
2

b) Ca
2
+

c) Sn
2
2+

d) O
2
-

e) Ar
2

f) P
2
+

g) Al
2