Methyl isocyanate, H3C-N=C=O, is used in the industrial synthesis of a type of pesticide and herbicide known as a carbamate. As
a historical note, an industrial accident in Bhopal, India in 1984 resulted in leakage of an unknown quantity of this chemical into the air. An estimated 200,000 persons were exposed to its vapors and over 2000 of these people died.
(a) Draw the Lewis structure for methyl isocyanate.
Explicitly draw all H atoms.
Include all valence lone pairs in your answer.
(b) What is the hybridization of the carbonyl carbon? _________sp²spsp³
What is the hybridization of the nitrogen? _________sp²spsp³
(a) Draw the Lewis structure for methyl isocyanate.
Explicitly draw all H atoms.
Include all valence lone pairs in your answer.
(b) What is the hybridization of the carbonyl carbon? _________sp²spsp³
What is the hybridization of the nitrogen? _________sp²spsp³
1 answer:
Answer:
(a) The lewis structure for methylisocyanate is in the attached.
(b) The carbonyl carbon have an sp² hybridization
(c) The nitrogen have an sp² hybridization?
Explanation:
(a) The lewis structure for methylisocyanate has the nitrogen with one lone pair and the oxygen with two lone pairs.
(b) The carbonyl carbon form double bond with the oxygen causing to form three hybrid orbitals sp².
The Nitrogen also forms a double bond with the carbon having an sp² hybridization too.
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Explanation:
Electrons are conserved in a chemical equation.
The superscript of indicates that each of these ions carries a charge of
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ion.
Similarly, the superscript on each
ion indicates a shortage of three electrons per such ion.
Assume that the coefficient of (among the reactants) is
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(among the reactants) is
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There would thus be silver (
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aluminum (
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ions on the left-hand side of the equation would correspond to the shortage of
electrons. On the other hand, the
ions on the right-hand side of this equation would correspond to the shortage of
electrons.
Just like atoms, electrons are also conserved in a chemical reaction. Therefore, if the left-hand side has a shortage of electrons, the right-hand side should also be
electrons short of being neutral. On the other hand, it is already shown that the right-hand side would have a shortage of
electrons. These two expressions should have the same value. Therefore,
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The smallest integer and
that could satisfy this relation are
and
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