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Polar Covalent Bonds;
Acids and Bases
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What you should be able to do after this chapter.
  • Identify bonds and molecules as polar, nonpolar or ionic.
  • Draw Lewis structures and assign formal charges.
  • Represent resonance structures.
  • Define and use concepts of Brøsnted-Lowry and Lewis Acids and Bases to predict products.
  • Tell where electron density is greatest and least.
  • Draw Kekulé, condensed and skeletal structures.




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Polar Covalent Bonds
  • Are a consequence of electronegativity differences between atoms in bonds.
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Electronegativity
  •    The measure of an atom’s ability to attract electrons it shares in bonds.


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Bond Polarity
  • Polarity is a separation of charge due to unequal sharing of electrons.
  • The more electronegative element has a partial negative charge.
  • The less electronegative element has a partial positive charge.
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Bond Polarity
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Charge Density in Polar Bond
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This Leads to a Dipole Moment, m
  • Polar molecules have a dipole moment.
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Molecular Polarity
  • Depends on presence of polar bonds
  • And whether the dipole moments cancels
  • Symmetry affects molecular polarity
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A Nonpolar Molecule Can Have Polar Bonds
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A Polar Molecule
  • CH3Cl2
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Formal Charge and Lewis Structures
  • Smallest formal charge for atoms is preferred
  • Most electronegative element gets negative formal charge.
  • Least electronegative element gets positive formal charge.
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Formal Charge and Lewis Structures
  • Formal Charge =Group # - ½ Bonding e-’s - Nonbonding e-’s
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Resonance: A Lowering of Energy
  • Resonance will occur when  3 or more p-orbitals overlap to form a molecular orbital
  • Resonance allows electrons to spread out over a larger region of space
  • Resonance therefore leads to  a lowering of energy
  • Reactions leading to resonance are favored
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Resonance: A Lowering of Energy
  • 3 or more p-orbitals overlap.
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Charge Density
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Brønsted-Lowry Acids and Bases
  • Acids donate a proton (H+)
  • Bases accept a proton
  • The strength of acids and bases is relative to their ability to lose or gain a proton
  • Losing a proton creates a conjugate base
  • Gaining a proton creates a conjugate acid
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Brøsnted-Lowry Acids and Bases
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Acid and Base: Ka
  •                      [H+][A-]
    Ka=
               [HA]


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Acid and Base: pKa
  • pKa= -log(Ka)
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Relative Strength of Some Acids and Bases
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Reactions of Acids and Bases
  • Stronger acids react to form weaker conjugate bases
  • Stronger bases react to form weaker conjugate acids
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Electrostatic Potential Comparison of Conjugate Bases
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Lewis Acids and Bases
  • Bases donate electrons
  • Acids accept electrons
  • The strength of acids and bases is relative to their ability to gain or lose electrons
  • Electron rich areas are bases
  • Electron poor areas are acids
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Lewis Acid-Base Reaction
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A Lewis Acid-Base Reaction
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Molecular Representations
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What you should be able to do:
  • Identify bonds and molecules as polar, nonpolar or ionic.
  • Draw Lewis structures and assign formal charges.
  • Represent resonance structures.
  • Define and use concepts of Brøsnted-Lowry and Lewis Acids and Bases to predict products.
  • Tell where electron density is greatest and least.
  • Draw Kekulé, condensed and skeletal structures.