General Chemistry: Principles And Modern Applications Plus Mastering Chemistry With Pearson Etext -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
General Chemistry: Principles And Modern Applications Plus Mastering Chemistry With Pearson Etext -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134097329
Author: Ralph H. Petrucci, F. Geoffrey Herring, Jeffry D. Madura, Carey Bissonnette
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 125IAE
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Whether the following statement is correct or not should be determined:

The synthesized species PBr4 has been described as tetrahedral.

Concept introduction:

Shapes of ions and molecules can be determined by VSEPR theory. This is valence shell electron pair repulsion theory and it is a model to predict the geometry of molecules from the amount of electron pairs around the central atom.

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General Chemistry: Principles And Modern Applications Plus Mastering Chemistry With Pearson Etext -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)

Ch. 10 - Prob. 11ECh. 10 - Indicate what is wrong with each of the following...Ch. 10 - Write Lewis structures for the following ionic...Ch. 10 - Under appropriate conditions, both hydrogen and...Ch. 10 - Derive the correct formulas for the following...Ch. 10 - Each of the following ionic compounds consists of...Ch. 10 - Assign formal charges to each of the atoms in the...Ch. 10 - Assign formal charges to each of the atoms in the...Ch. 10 - Both oxidation state and formal charge involve...Ch. 10 - Prob. 20ECh. 10 - Prob. 21ECh. 10 - Assign formal charges to the atoms in the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 23ECh. 10 - Show that the idea of minimizing the formal...Ch. 10 - Write acceptable Lewis structures for the...Ch. 10 - Two molecules that have the same formulas but...Ch. 10 - The following polyatomic anions involve covalent...Ch. 10 - Represent the following ionic compounds by Lewis...Ch. 10 - Write a plausible Lewis structure for...Ch. 10 - Prob. 30ECh. 10 - Write Lewis structures for the molecules...Ch. 10 - Write Lewis structures for the molecules...Ch. 10 - Write Lewis structures for the molecules...Ch. 10 - Write Lewis structures for the molecules...Ch. 10 - Identify the main group that the element X belongs...Ch. 10 - Prob. 36ECh. 10 - Use your knowledge of electronegativities, but do...Ch. 10 - Which of the blowing molecules would you expect to...Ch. 10 - What is the percent ionic character of each of the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 40ECh. 10 - Prob. 41ECh. 10 - Use a cross-base arrow () to represent the...Ch. 10 - Which electrostatic potential map corresponds to...Ch. 10 - Prob. 44ECh. 10 - Two electrostatic potential maps are shown, one...Ch. 10 - Prob. 46ECh. 10 - Prob. 47ECh. 10 - Which of the following species requires a...Ch. 10 - Dinitrogen oxide (nitrous oxide, or "laughing...Ch. 10 - The Lewis structure of nitric acid, HONO2, is a...Ch. 10 - Draw Lewis structures for the following species,...Ch. 10 - Draw Lewis structures for the following species,...Ch. 10 - Write plausible Lewis structures for the following...Ch. 10 - Write plausible Lewis structures for the following...Ch. 10 - Which of the following species would you expect to...Ch. 10 - Write a plausible Lewis structure for NO2 , and...Ch. 10 - In which of the following species is it necessary...Ch. 10 - Prob. 58ECh. 10 - Use VSEPR theory to predict the geometric shapes...Ch. 10 - Use VSEPR theory to predict the geometric shapes...Ch. 10 - Each of the following is either linear, angular...Ch. 10 - Predict the geometric shapes of (a) CO ; (b)...Ch. 10 - One of the following ions has a trigonal-planer...Ch. 10 - Two of the following have the same shape. Which...Ch. 10 - Prob. 65ECh. 10 - Sketch the probable geometric shape of molecule of...Ch. 10 - Use the VSEPR theory to predict the shapes of the...Ch. 10 - Use the VSEPR theory to predict the shape of (a)...Ch. 10 - The molecular shape of BF2 is planar (see Table...Ch. 10 - Explain why it is not necessary to find the Lewis...Ch. 10 - Comment on the similarities and differences in the...Ch. 10 - Comment on the similarities and differences in the...Ch. 10 - Draw a plausible Lewis structure for the following...Ch. 10 - Draw a plausible Lewis structure for the following...Ch. 10 - Sketch the propyne molecule, CH2CCH. Indicate the...Ch. 10 - Sketch the propene molecule, CH2CHCH2. Indicate...Ch. 10 - Lactic acid has the formula CH2CH(OH)COOH. Sketch...Ch. 10 - Levulinic acid has the formula CH2(CO)CH2CH2COOH....Ch. 10 - Prob. 79ECh. 10 - Prob. 80ECh. 10 - Predict the shapes of the following molecules, and...Ch. 10 - Which of the blowing molecules would you expect to...Ch. 10 - The molecule H2O2 has a resultant dipole moment of...Ch. 10 - Prob. 84ECh. 10 - Without referring to tables in the text, indicate...Ch. 10 - Estimate the lengths of the blowing bonds and...Ch. 10 - A relationship between bond lengths and...Ch. 10 - In which of the following molecules would you...Ch. 10 - Prob. 89ECh. 10 - Prob. 90ECh. 10 - A reaction involved in the formation of ozone the...Ch. 10 - Use data from Table 10.3, but without performing...Ch. 10 - Use data from Table 10.3 to estimate the enthalpy...Ch. 10 - One of the chemical reactions that occurs in the...Ch. 10 - Estimate the standard enthalpies of formation at...Ch. 10 - Prob. 96ECh. 10 - Use bond energies from Table 10.3 to estimate rH...Ch. 10 - Equations (1) end (2) can be combined to yield the...Ch. 10 - One reaction involved in the sequence of reactions...Ch. 10 - Prob. 100ECh. 10 - Given the bond-dissociation energies:...Ch. 10 - Prob. 102IAECh. 10 - Prob. 103IAECh. 10 - Prob. 104IAECh. 10 - Prob. 105IAECh. 10 - Draw Lewis structures for two different molecules...Ch. 10 - Sodium azide, NaN2 is the nitrogen gas-forming...Ch. 10 - Prob. 108IAECh. 10 - Prob. 109IAECh. 10 - A few years ago the synthesis of a salt containing...Ch. 10 - Prob. 111IAECh. 10 - In certain polar solvents, PCI, undergoes an...Ch. 10 - Prob. 113IAECh. 10 - Prob. 114IAECh. 10 - Use the VSEPR theory to predict a probable shape...Ch. 10 - The standard enthalpy of formation of...Ch. 10 - Prob. 117IAECh. 10 - Prob. 118IAECh. 10 - Prob. 119IAECh. 10 - R. S. Mulliken proposed that the electronegativity...Ch. 10 - When molten sulfur reacts with chlorine gas, a...Ch. 10 - Hydrogen azide, HN2 , can exist in two forms. One...Ch. 10 - Prob. 123IAECh. 10 - Prob. 124IAECh. 10 - Prob. 125IAECh. 10 - One of the allotropes of sulfur is a ring of eight...Ch. 10 - One of the allotropes of phosphorus consists of...Ch. 10 - In this problem, we examine the basis of three...Ch. 10 - Prob. 129FPCh. 10 - Prob. 130FPCh. 10 - Prob. 131SAECh. 10 - Briefly describe each of the following ideas: (a)...Ch. 10 - Explain the important distinctions between (a)...Ch. 10 - Prob. 134SAECh. 10 - The formal charges on the O atoms in the ion...Ch. 10 - Which molecule is nonlinear?...Ch. 10 - Which molecule is nonpolar?...Ch. 10 - The highest bond-dissociation energy is found in...Ch. 10 - The greatest bond length is found in...Ch. 10 - Draw plausible Lewis structures for the blowing...Ch. 10 - Predict the shapes of the following...Ch. 10 - Which of the following ionic compounds is composed...Ch. 10 - Which of the following molecules does not obey the...Ch. 10 - Which of the following molecules has no polar...Ch. 10 - The electron-group geometry of H2O is (a)...Ch. 10 - For each of the following compounds, give the...Ch. 10 - Use bond enthalpies from Table 10.3 to determine...Ch. 10 - Prob. 148SAECh. 10 - Prob. 149SAECh. 10 - What is the VSEPR theory? On what physical basis...Ch. 10 - Prob. 151SAECh. 10 - Prob. 152SAECh. 10 - Prob. 153SAECh. 10 - Prob. 154SAE
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