Answer:
Well, carbon monoxide can be created from formic acid by adding sulphuric acid which will dehydrate said formic acid:
HCOOH
−
→
−
−
−
H
2
SO
4
CO+H
2
O
HCOOH→HX2SOX4CO+HX2O
Therefore, we can imagine the reverse reaction theoretically, which would make carbon monoxide an acidic oxide. However, the forward reaction does not proceed easily and it needs both the high acidity of sulphuric acid and its strong dehydrative properties to actually work. And your question mentions using hot, concentrated sodium hydroxide to make the reverse one work.
Most oxides that are classified as acidic or basic either have a very electrophilic central atom (e.g.
CO
2
COX2
) which can be attacked by the weak nucleophile water (which in turn can then release an acidic proton), or they have a high charge density on the oxygen which allows it to abstract a proton from water directly. Carbon monoxide is neither. If you check out its molecular orbitals, you will notice that even though carbon is partially positive it has the largest HOMO contribution, meaning a proton would be more likely to attatch to the carbon side — which doesn’t want one at all. The LUMO is, luckily, also more carbon-centred, meaning nucleophilic attacks on carbon are possible. However, it is also degenerate due to the double bond so that an attack is not favoured.
Thus, the carbon monoxide molecule is one that won’t react with water at all and totally defies the concept of acidic/basic oxides.
Abbreviations:
HOMO is a widely used abbreviation for the Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital, i.e. the one with the highest energy that still contains electrons. It is usually the orbital that will attack nucleophilicly or that will be attacked electrophilicly.
LUMO is a widely used abbreviation for the Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital, i.e. the virtual (unoccupied) orbital that has the lowest energy. When considering a nucleophilic attack, the attacking electrons will usually interact with the LUMO. Electrophiles attack with other molecules’ HOMO with their LUMO.
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Explanation:Typically, manufactured glass contains around 15% sodium oxide, 70% silica (silicon dioxide) and 9% lime (calcium oxide). The sodium carbonate "soda" serves as a flux to lower the temperature at which the silica mixture melts
Answer:
We are considering an Allene molecule here, CH2CCH2. To answer your question, NO, they don't have to lie on the same plane. The spatial arrangement between them is that the center carbon that forms these pi bind in the left and right are PERPENDICULAR to each other.
Explanation:
We see here that The terminal carbons are sp2 hybridized, and form three σ-bonds each which means that each terminal carbon has one unhybridized p-orbital. The central carbon atom is sp hybridized, and forms two σ-bonds which means it has two unhybridized p-orbitals. For better understanding, let's call these two orbitals px and py. Summarily, These orbitals are perpendicular to each other
The temperature at which phase changes occur is highly dependent on the electrostatic forces between the molecules in the substance.
The forces that hold molecules together are called intermolecular forces. These intermolecular forces affect the temperature at which phase changes occur. The statement about phase changes and electrostatic forces that is correct is that; "the temperatures at which a substance changes phases indicate the relative strength of the forces between molecules in the substance."
There are three states of matter, solid liquid and gas. The order of intermolecular forces in all the states of matter are not the same. The order of strongest collective electrostatic forces to weakest collective electrostatic forces is; solid, liquid, gas.
When water boils, the forces between water molecules break, and the bonds between the atoms in water are unchanged.
When a sample of calcium carbonate is cooled, the forces strengthen, and the molecule structure becomes more rigid.
If the boiling point of acetone is lower than the boiling point of ethanol, then, the intermolecular forces in ethanol are stronger than the intermolecular forces in acetone.
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