Assignment 4 BMSID Practice Exercises

1. Assign formal charges to the following species a) O Cl O d) N N N e) H O b) O H C N N S O c) N N N

2. Which of the following molecule will have a resultant dipole moment? Explain using lewis structure? d) N F3 f) B F3 e) Cl F3 c) CH2Cl2 F2 a) b) OC S

g)

N O2

h)

XeO3

3. What are the expected shapes and bond angles in a molecule having VSEPR formula ? e) AX3E2 d) AX2E2 c) AX3 b) AX2 a) AX
5

4. Using Lewis structure and VSEPR theory, predict the shapes of following molecules: SO2 i. O3 ii. Cl2 iii. OSF2 iv. O2SF2 v. + PF4 vi. PF4 vii. 5. Predict the bond angles in each of the following cases + + I3 ICl3 IO4 ICl2 ICl2 ICl4 ICl4 , , , , , ,

SbF5 , reacts with antimony pentaflouride , to + NF2O SbF6 produce the ionic salt , in anhydrous hydrogen fluoride at 95 o C. Write the lewis structure and predict the shape of each ion in the salt. 7. How many & bonds are present in each of the following molecules ? CN CH2O CH CH3CO2CH3 CH2 CH i. ii. 4 2 iii. iv. CHCH3 CH2 C CH3CH2OH CH2CO v. vi. vii. CHCH3 CH3OCH viii

6. Trifloroamine oxide

NF3O

8. In the following isoelectronic species specify which atom if any bear a formal charge : 1. N N 2. 3. 4. 5.
C N

C N

C O

9. Repeat the above exercise for the following : O C O O N O O N N O C N N C O

CH3NO 10. Given below are the connectivities of four isomers of . Only the hydrogen atoms have not been shown, you are supposed to give the final structures, complete with the hydrogen atoms such that none of the atoms in any of the structures have a formal charge. C N O

O
C

O C N 11. Write down the lewis structures for the following : SeOCl2 1.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

CSe2 GaCl4
2C2

POBr3 + IF2

+ 7. NO + IF6 8. 9. ICN
10.
Si2H6 N2O5

12. The connectivity of the gaseous O O

is shown as below :

N O

O There are two different NO bond lengths : 1.18 Ao and 1.36 Ao . Indicate which is which ? SF 13. Give the lewis structures of the two possible isomers of 2 2 . F Sn 14. Indicate the nature of sulphur to nitrogen bond in 3 . (i.e single , double & triple). 15. Some of these statements regarding molecular shape are always true and not. Identify those that are not always true and explain why they are not : 1. Diatomic molecules have a linear shape. 2. Molecules in which four atoms are bonded to the same central atom have a tetrahedral shape. 3. Molecules with a planar shape consist of three atoms (triatomic). 4. Molecules with a nonmetal of the second period as the central atom cannot have an octahedral shape. CH 16. Draw the Lewis structure of two different molecules having the formula 3 4 . Is either of these molecules linear. 17. Draw plausible lewis structure and arrange in order of increasing dipolemoment of NH3 NCl3 NF3 the molecules , , . 18. Draw the lewis structure of the following common open chain organic compounds. If there are more than one structures possible. Write down the structures of all of them. C2H6O 1. C2H4O 2.

3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

C2H4O2 C3H6O2 C3H4O2 C2H5NO C3H9N C3H7N C3O2 C4H6

CHN 19. Write down the lewis structure of all possible isomers of 7 9 , which contains a benzene ring. H SO H PO H PO H PO HBrO3 20. write down the lewis structure of 2 4 , 3 4 , 3 3 , 3 2 , ?

Self Test Questions : 1. The highest electronegativity of the following is for an atom of a. S b. Cs c. Si d. Al 2. Of the following, the bond with the greatest percent ionic character is a. F F b. Cl F c. Al F d. C O 3. Of the following species, the one containing a triple covalent bond is NO3a. b. CNc. d.
CO2 AlCl3

]+ 4. The formal charge of the O atoms in the ion [ O N O is a. 2 b. 1 c. 0 d. +1 + NH4 5. In the ammonium ion a. The four H atoms are situated in the corners of the square b. All the bonds are ionic c. All the bonds are coordinate covalent

d. The shape is that of tetrahedron SeH2 6. The bond angle in is best described as a. Between 190 o and 120o SH2 b. Less than in SH2 c. Less than in but not less than 90 o d. Less than 90o 7. which of the following molecules contain an atom which uses sp2 hybridized orbitals to form covalent bonds? PCl5 a. N2 b. SO2 c. He2 d. 8. In compounds containing C,H and O a. All OH bonds are bonds b. All Ch bonds are bonds c. All CC bonds consist of a bond and a bond. d. All CC bonds are bonds 9. All the following molecules are linear except one. That one is SO2 a. CO2 b. c. NO d. HCN 10. The greatest bond length among the following diatomic molecules is found in O2 a. N2 b. Cl2 c. I d. 2