Covalent Bonds with (or without) Fruit Loops! (We’ll do a couple together)
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Make the electron dot structure for one Chlorine atom with one color fruit loop.
Make the electron dot structure for a second Chlorine atom with a second color.
Show how the electrons are shared between the two Cl atoms so that each atom forms the
stable noble gas configuration. Remember when electrons are shared, they belong to both
atoms.
Draw orbital notations for both chlorine atoms and show which electrons from which
sublevel (s, p, d, f) of each atom are being shared. How many different orbitals with in this
sublevel are involved in the sharing? Show, using the orbital notations, the orbitals
involved in the sharing.
Use the fruit loops to help you draw the electron dot notation that illustrates the bonding.
Show the shared electrons between the two atoms first! Remember to only include valence
electrons! (The fruit loops)
Draw a structural formula of this molecule.
Write the molecular formula of this molecule.
Repeat steps 1-7 using the following molecules:
a. Oxygen molecule (two oxygen atoms)
b. Nitrogen molecule (two nitrogen atoms)
c. Hydrogen chloride (one hydrogen atom {one color} and one chlorine {second color}
atom)
d. Water molecule (two hydrogen atoms {color 1) and one oxygen atom {color 2})
e. Ammonia (one nitrogen atom {color 1} and three hydrogen atoms {color 2})
For the Oxygen molecule “How would you expect the strength of this bond to compare to
that of the bond between the Cl atoms?”
For the Nitrogen molecule “How would you expect the strength of this bond to compare to
that of the bond between the O atoms?”