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Tutorial 1.
1. Based what you learn in class, give the definition of :
a. Atomic Orbital
b. Molecular orbital
c. σ bond
d. Covalent bond
e. Ionic Bond
f. Polar covalent bond.
g. Lewis Acid
2. What kind of molecular orbital (σ, σ*, π, or π*) results when the two atomic orbitals shown
below interact in the manner indicated?
3. What kind of molecular orbital (σ, σ*, π, or π*) results when the two atomic orbitals shown
below interact in the manner indicated?
4. What kind of molecular orbital (σ, σ*, π, or π*) results when the two atomic orbitals shown
below interact in the manner indicated?
5. Explain the hybridization:
a. sp3 using C atom as a model
b. sp2 using O atom as model
c. sp using N atom as model
6. Using the hybridization model give and explain the hybridization of B in the molecule BH3
and its geometry.
7. Give the hybridization of the underlined element in the following molecules:
[Link]≡N
b. H2C=CH2
c. H2C=O
d. CH4
e. CH3COOH
f. NH4+
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8. Deduce the geometry of the molecules described in question 7.
9. Add the appropriate formal charge to each atom in the molecule below. It is not necessary to
indicate formal charges when zero.
a. CH3OCH3; b. BH4, c. NH3; d. BH3; e. NH4; f. NH3-BH3.
g h i j
H O H
H
H
C C O H C S C N N N B C N
H
H H H
H C H
H H
H
10. Give the formal charge on the oxygens in the compound below .
11. Which of the following are acceptable Lewis structures, including formal charges, for nitric
acid, HNO3?
12 Draw the important resonance forms for the structure shown below.
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13. Draw the important resonance forms of the structure below to indicate the delocalization of
charge. Indicate which is the major contributor to the overall structure?
14. Indicate which is the major contributor to the overall structure?
1. C O C O
A B
O O O
2. C C C
H3 C CH2 H3 C CH2 H3 C CH2
A B C
O O O
3. C C C
H3 C NH2 H3 C NH2 H3 C NH2
A B C
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15. Rank the following compounds in order of increasing acidity: CH3OH, HCl, NH3, and CH4.
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16. Rank the following compounds in order of increasing basicity: CH3O , H2N , H2O, and
NH3.
17. Which of the following acids has the most stable conjugate base?
a. CH3CHO
b. CH3CH2OH
c. CH3CH2SH
d. CH3SO3H
18. Which proton is the most acidic in the compound below?