Holt Modern Chemistry Review
CHAPTER 6: CHEMICAL BONDING
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OUTCOMES
 Collaborate with peer(s) to understand chemistry content (C C)
 Communicate chemistry content to teacher and peer(s) (E C)
 6.2: Use the Lewis dot notation, illustrate the covalent bond as the sharing of electrons (F & PK)
 6.3: List important physical properties of ionic compounds; sum of oxidation numbers = zero (F & PK)
6.1: INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL BONDING
 Vocabulary
o chemical bond -- the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together
o ionic bonding -- a force that attracts electrons from one atom to another, which transforms a neutral atom into an ion
o covalent bonding -- a bond formed when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons
o nonpolar-covalent bond -- a covalent bond in which the bonding electrons are equally attracted to both bonded atoms
o polar -- describes a molecule in which the positive and negative charges are separated
o polar-covalent bond -- a covalent bond in which a pair of electrons shared by two atoms is held more closely by one
atom
 Chapter Highlights
o Most atoms are chemically bonded to other atoms. The three major types of chemical bonding are ionic, covalent, and
metallic.
o In general, atoms of metals bond ionically with atoms of nonmetals, atoms of metals bond metallically with each other,
and atoms of nonmetals bond covalently with each other.
6.2: COVALENT BONDING AND MOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
 Vocabulary
o molecule – a group of atoms that are held together by chemical forces; a molecule is the smallest unit of matter that
can exist by itself and retain all of a substance’s chemical properties
o molecular compound -- a chemical compound whose simplest units are molecules
o chemical formula -- a combination of chemical symbols and numbers to represent a substance
o molecular formula -- a chemical formula that shows the number and kinds of atoms in a molecule, but not the
arrangement of the atoms
o electron-dot notation – an electron configuration notation in which only the valence
electrons of an atom of a particular element are shown, indicated by dots placed
around the element’s symbol
o Lewis structure – a structural formula in which electrons are represented by dots;
dot pairs or dashes between two atomic symbols represent pairs in covalent bonds.
See examples at right for LEWIS STRUCTURES of NF3 and OCl2
o structural formula -- a formula that indicates the location of the atoms,
groups, or ions relative to one another in a molecule and that indicates
the number and location of chemical bonds
o single bond -- a covalent bond in which two atoms share one pair of
electrons
o multiple bond – a bond in which the atoms share more than one pair of electrons, such as a double bond or a triple
bond
o resonance -- the bonding in molecules or ions that cannot be correctly represented by a single Lewis structure
 Chapter Highlights
o Atoms in molecules are joined by covalent bonds. In a covalent bond, two atoms share one or more pairs of electrons.
o The octet rule states that many chemical compounds tend to form bonds so that each atom shares or has eight
electrons in its highest occupied energy level.
o Bonding within many molecules and ions can be indicated by a Lewis structure. Molecules or ions that cannot be
correctly represented by a single Lewis structure are represented by resonance structures.
6.3: IONIC BONDING AND IONIC COMPOUNDS
 Vocabulary
o ionic compound -- a compound composed of ions bound together by electrostatic attraction
o formula unit -- the collection of atoms corresponding to an ionic compound’s formula such that the molar mass of the
compound is the same as the mass of 1 mol of formula units
o polyatomic ion -- an ion made of two or more atoms
 Chapter Highlights
o An ionic compound is a three-dimensional network of positive and negative ions mutually attracted to one another.
o Ionic compounds tend to be harder and more brittle and to have higher boiling points than materials containing only
covalently bonded atoms.
6.4: METALLIC BONDING
 Vocabulary
o metallic bonding -- a bond formed by the attraction between positively charged metal ions and the electrons around
them
o malleability -- the ability of a substance to be hammered or beaten into a sheet
o ductility -- the ability of a substance to be hammered thin or drawn out into a wire
 Chapter Highlights
o The “electron sea” formed in metallic bonding gives metals their properties of high electrical and thermal conductivity,
malleability, ductility, and luster.
IONIC
COVALENT
 metal + nonmetal
 nonmetal + nonmetal
 Complete transfer (stealing/donating) of electrons
 Sharing electrons
 Forms ions
 Forms molecules
POLAR
NONPOLAR
 Sharing electrons ≠ (unequally)  Sharing electrons = (equally)
 2 different nonmetals
 2 identical (exact same) nonmetals
+
 Example: Na Cl
 Example: HCl
 Example: H2
 Full ionic charges
 Partial ionic charges
 No charges
 Names with Greek prefixes
 Names with Roman numerals
 Solid at room temperature
 Solid, liquid, or gas at room temperature
 High melting and boiling points
 Low melting and boiling points
 High attraction between particles / strong bonds
 Weak attraction between molecules / weak bonds
 Hard
 Soft
 Good conductors of heat and electricity
 Poor conductors of heat and electricity
 Soluble in water
 Insoluble in water
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Molecular Geometry
VSEPR theory -- a theory that predicts some molecular shapes based on the idea that pairs of
valence electrons surrounding an atom repel each other
hybridization -- the mixing of two or more atomic orbitals of the same atom to produce new
orbitals; hybridization represents the mixing of higher- and lower-energy orbitals to form orbitals of
intermediate energy
hybrid orbitals -- orbitals that have the properties to explain the geometry of chemical bonds
between atoms
dipole -- a molecule or a part of a molecule that contains both positively and negatively charged
regions
hydrogen bonding -- the intermolecular force occurring when a hydrogen atom that is bonded to a
highly electronegative atom of one molecule is attracted to two unshared electrons of another
molecule
London dispersion forces -- the intermolecular attraction resulting from the uneven distribution of
electrons and the creation of temporary dipoles
o bond energy -- the energy required to break the bonds in 1 mol of a chemical compound
o lattice energy -- the energy associated with constructing a crystal lattice relative to the energy of all constituent atoms
separated by infinite distances