Jill is doing a science experiment. After she mixes some baking soda into some
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Answer:
- <em><u>3</u></em>
Explanation:
Please, find the image with the pictured molecule for this question attached.
The molecule has one oxygen atom (red) covalently bonded to one hydrogen atom (light grey), one nitrogen atom (blue) covalently bonded to two hydrogen atoms (light grey), and two carbon atoms (dark grey) bonded each to two hydrogen atoms (light grey).
<em>Hydrogen bondings</em> are intermolecular bonds (bonds between atoms of two different molecules not between atoms of the same molecule). The hydrogen bonds are attractions between the positive end of one hydrogen atom and the negative end of a small atom of other molecule (N, O, or F).
Since, nitrogen and oxygen are much more electronegative than hydrogen atoms, you conclude that:
- The two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to the nitrogen atoms have considerably partial positive charge.
- The hydrogen atom covalently bonded to the oxygen atom also has a a relative large partial positive charge.
So, those are three ends of the molecule that can form hydrogen bonds with water molecules.
The hydrogen bondings are only possible when hydrogen is covalently bonded to N, O or F atoms.
Answer:
Pyramid trigonal and trigonal planar, respectively.
Explanation:
The shape of a molecule is how the atoms are organized in the space, and it happens to minimize the repulsive force of the bonds and the lone pairs of electrons. Thus, in the molecules given, the two N atoms are the central atoms, because they can do the most number of bonds.
Nitrogen has 5 electrons in the valence shell, so it can do 3 bonds to be stable with 8 (octet rule), and fluorine has 7 electrons in the electron shell, so it can do 1 bond to be stable with 8.
In the molecule of N2F4, the two nitrogen do a simple bond between then, and simple bond with 2 F each, as shown below. So, each nitrogen still has 1 lone pair of electrons. To minimize it, the better shape is the pyramid trigonal.
In the molecule of N2F2, the two nitrogen do a double bond between them, and a simple bond with one F each, as shown below. They still have lone pairs, and the double bond is stiff, so it doesn't rotate. Thus, the trigonal planar shape is the better one.
