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.
Explanation:
Answer:
1.48 moles of SeCl6 are needed
Explanation:
Based on the reaction:
SeCl6 + O2 → SeO2 + 3Cl2
<em>1 mole of SeCl6 reacts producing 3 moles of Cl2.</em>
To solve this question we need to use the conversion factor:
1mol SeCl6 = 3mol Cl2
As we want to produce 4.45 moles of Cl2, we need:
4.45 mol Cl2 * (1mol SeCl6 / 3mol Cl2) =
<h3>1.48 moles of SeCl6 are needed</h3>
The answer to this question is that <span>the strong base will require less HCl to bring the pH to 7 than the weak base.
The string base ionizes completely so the [OH-] will be neutralized faster. The weak base has an equilibrium that will constantly shift</span> to compensate for any [OH-] loss, meaning more HCl will be needed to titrate it to lower pH.
The correct answer is option 3. The degree of polarity of a chemical bond in a molecule of a compound can be predicted by determining the difference in the electronegativities of the atoms in a molecule of the compound. Electronegativities of the atom tell how the electrons are distributed in the molecule.
