Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity
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Chapter 8, Problem 91IL
A paper published in the research Journal Science in 2007 (S. Vallina and R. Simo, Science, Vol. 315, p. 506, January 26, 2007) reported studies of dimethylsulfide (DMS), an important green-house gas that is released by marine phytoplankton. This gas “represents the largest natural source of atmospheric sulfur and a major precursor of hygroscopic (i.e., cloud-forming) particles in clean air over the remote oceans, thereby acting to reduce the amount of solar radiation that crosses the atmosphere and is absorbed by the ocean.”
- (a) Sketch the Lewis structure of dimethylsulfide, CH3SCH3, and list the bond angles in the molecule.
- (b) Use electronegativities to decide where the positive and negative charges lie in the molecule. Is the molecule polar?
- (c) The mean seawater concentration of DMS in the ocean in the region between 15° north latitude and 15° south latitude is 2.7 nM (nanomolar). How many molecules of DMS are present in 1.0 m3 of seawater?
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