Sample Exercise 8.

1 Magnitudes of Lattice Energies

Solution
Analyze From the formulas for three ionic compounds, we must determine their relative lattice energies.
Plan We need to determine the charges and relative sizes of the ions in the compounds. We then use
Equation 8.4 qualitatively to determine the relative energies, knowing that (a) the larger the ionic charges,
the greater the energy and (b) the farther apart the ions are, the lower the energy.

Solve NaF consists of Na+ and F– ions, CsI of Cs+ and I– ions, and CaO of Ca2+ and O2– ions. Because the
product Q1Q2 appears in the numerator of Equation 8.4, the lattice energy increases dramatically when the
charges increase. Thus, we expect the lattice energy of CaO, which has 2+ and 2– ions, to be the greatest
of the three.
The ionic charges are the same in NaF and CsI. As a result, the difference in their lattice energies depends on
the difference in the distance between ions in the lattice. Because ionic size increases as we go down a group in
the periodic table (Section 7.3), we know that Cs+ is larger than Na+ and I– is larger than F–. Therefore, the
distance between Na+ and F– ions in NaF is less than the distance between the Cs + and I– ions in CsI. As a result,
the lattice energy of NaF should be greater than that of CsI. In order of increasing energy, therefore, we have
CsI < NaF < CaO.

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Check Table 8.2 confirms our predicted order is correct.

Practice Exercise
Which substance do you expect to have the greatest lattice energy, MgF 2, CaF2, or ZrO2?
Answer: ZrO2

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 Sample Exercise 8.2 Charges on Ions
Predict the ion generally formed by (a) Sr, (b) S, (c) Al.

Solution
Analyze We must decide how many electrons are most likely to be gained or lost by atoms of Sr, S, and Al.
Plan In each case we can use the element’s position in the periodic table to predict whether the element forms a
cation or an anion. We can then use its electron configuration to determine the most likely ion formed.
Solve (a) Strontium is a metal in group 2A and therefore forms a cation. Its electron configuration is [Kr]5s 2,
and so we expect that the two valence electrons can be lost easily to give an Sr 2+ ion. (b) Sulfur is a nonmetal in
group 6A and will thus tend to be found as an anion. Its electron configuration ([Ne]3s23p4) is two electrons
short of a noble-gas configuration.
Check The ionic charges we predict here are confirmed in Tables 2.4 and 2.5.

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Practice Exercise
Predict the charges on the ions formed when magnesium reacts with nitrogen.

Answer: Mg2+ and N3–

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 Sample Exercise 8.3 Lewis Structure of a Compound
Given the Lewis symbols for nitrogen and fluorine
in Table 8.1, predict the formula of the stable
binary compound (a compound composed of two
elements) formed when nitrogen reacts with
fluorine and draw its Lewis structure.

Solution
Analyze The Lewis symbols for nitrogen and fluorine reveal that nitrogen has five valence electrons and fluorine
has seven.
Plan We need to find a combination of the two elements that results in an octet of electrons around each atom.
Nitrogen requires three additional electrons to complete its octet, and fluorine requires one. Sharing a pair of
electrons between one N atom and one F atom will result in an octet of electrons for fluorine but not for nitrogen.
We therefore need to figure out a way to get two more electrons for the N atom.
Solve Nitrogen must share a pair of electrons with three fluorine atoms to complete its octet. Thus, the binary
compound these two elements form must be NF3:

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Check The Lewis structure in the center shows that each atom is surrounded by an octet of electrons. Once
you are accustomed to thinking of each line in a Lewis structure as representing two electrons, you can just as
easily use the structure on the right to check for octets.

Practice Exercise
Compare the Lewis symbol for neon with the Lewis structure for methane, CH 4. In what important way are
the electron arrangements about neon and carbon alike? In what important way are they different?
Answer: Both atoms have an octet of electrons. However, the electrons about neon are unshared electron
pairs, whereas those about carbon are shared with four hydrogen atoms.

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 Sample Exercise 8.4 Bond Polarity
In each case, which bond is more polar: (a) B—Cl or C—Cl, (b) P—F or P—Cl ? Indicate in each case which
atom has the partial negative charge.

Solution
Analyze We are asked to determine relative bond polarities, given nothing but the atoms involved in the bonds.
Plan Because we are not asked for quantitative answers, we can use the periodic table and our knowledge of
electronegativity trends to answer the question.
Solve
(a) The chlorine atom is common to both bonds. Therefore, the analysis reduces to a comparison of the
electronegativities of B and C. Because boron is to the left of carbon in the periodic table, we predict that boron
has the lower electronegativity. Chlorine, being on the right side of the table, has a higher electronegativity.
The more polar bond will be the one between the atoms having the lowest electronegativity (boron) and the
highest electronegativity (chlorine). Consequently, the B—Cl bond is more polar; the chlorine atom carries the
partial negative charge because it has a higher electronegativity.
(b) In this example phosphorus is common to both bonds, and the analysis reduces to a comparison of the
electronegativities of F and Cl. Because fluorine is above chlorine in the periodic table, it should be more
electronegative and will form the more polar bond with P. The higher electronegativity of fluorine means that it
will carry the partial negative charge.

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Check
(a) Using Figure 8.7: The difference in the
electronegativities of chlorine and boron is 3.0 – 2.0 =
1.0; the difference between chlorine and carbon is
3.0 – 2.5 = 0.5. Hence, the B—Cl bond is more polar,
as we had predicted.
(b) Using Figure 8.7: The difference in the
electronegativities of chlorine and phosphorus is
3.0 – 2.1 = 0.9; the difference between fluorine and
phosphorus is 4.0 – 2.1 = 1.9. Hence, the P—F bond is
more polar, as we had predicted.

Practice Exercise
Which of the following bonds is most polar: S—Cl,
S—Br, Se—Cl, or Se—Br ?
Answer: Se—Cl

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 Sample Exercise 8.5 Dipole Moments of Diatomic Molecules
The bond length in the HCl molecule is 1.27 Å. (a) Calculate the dipole moment, in debyes, that results if the
charges on the H and Cl atoms were and 1+ and 1–, respectively. (b) The experimentally measured dipole moment
of HCl(g) is 1.08 D. What magnitude of charge, in units of e, on the H and Cl atoms leads to this dipole moment?

Solution
Analyze and Plan We are asked in (a) to calculate the dipole moment of HCl that would result if there were a
full charge transferred from H to Cl. We can use Equation 8.11 to obtain this result. In (b), we are given the
actual dipole moment for the molecule and will use that value to calculate the actual partial charges on the
H and Cl atoms.
(a) The charge on each atom is the electronic charge,
e = 1.60  10–19 C.
The separation is 1.27
Å. The dipole
moment is therefore

(b) We know the value of µ, 1.08 D, and the value

We can readily convert this charge to units of e:

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Thus, the experimental dipole moment indicates that the

Because the experimental dipole moment is less than that calculated in part (a), the charges on the atoms are much
less than a full electronic charge. We could have anticipated this because the H—Cl bond is polar covalent rather
than ionic.

Practice Exercise
The dipole moment of chlorine monofluoride, ClF(g), is 0.88 D. The bond length of the molecule is 1.63 Å.
(a) Which atom is expected to have the partial negative charge? (b) What is the charge on that atom in units
of e?

Answers: (a) F, (b) 0.11–

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 Sample Exercise 8.6 Drawing a Lewis Structure
Draw the Lewis structure for phosphorus trichloride, PCl 3.

Solution
Analyze and Plan We are asked to draw a Lewis structure from a molecular formula.
Our plan is to follow the five-step procedure just described.
Solve
First, we sum the valence electrons. Phosphorus (group 5A) has five valence electrons,
and each chlorine (group 7A) has seven. The total number of valence electrons is
therefore 5 + (3  7) = 26
Second, we arrange the atoms to show which atom is connected to which, and we draw a
single bond between them. There are various ways the atoms might be arranged. In
binary compounds, however, the first element in the chemical formula is generally
surrounded by the remaining atoms. Thus, we begin with a skeleton structure that shows
a single bond between the P atom and each Cl atom:

(It is not crucial that the Cl atoms be left of, right of, and below the P atom—any
structure that shows each of the three Cl atoms bonded to P will work.)

Third, we complete the octets on the atoms bonded to the central atom. Placing octets
around each Cl atom accounts for 24 electrons (remember, each line in our structure
represents two electrons):

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Fourth, recalling that our total number of electrons is 26, we place the
remaining two electrons on the central atom, completing the octet
around it:

This structure gives each atom an octet, so we stop at this point. (In checking for octets, remember to count
both electrons in a single bond twice, once for each atom in the bond.)

Practice Exercise
(a) How many valence electrons should appear in the Lewis structure for CH 2Cl2?
(b) Draw the Lewis structure.

Answers: (a) 20, (b)

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 Sample Exercise 8.7 Lewis Structure with a Multiple Bond
Draw the Lewis structure for HCN.

Solution
Hydrogen has one valence electron, carbon (group 4A) has four, and nitrogen (group 5A) has five. The total
number of valence electrons is, therefore, 1 + 4 + 5 = 10. In principle, there are different ways in which we might
choose to arrange the atoms. Because hydrogen can accommodate only one electron pair, it always has only one
single bond associated with it. Therefore, C—H—N is an impossible arrangement. The remaining two possibilities
are H—C—N and H—N—C. The first is the arrangement found experimentally. You might have guessed this
because (a) the formula is written with the atoms in this order and (b) carbon is less electronegative than nitrogen.
Thus, we begin with the skeleton structure
H—C—N
The two bonds account for four electrons. The H atom can have only two electrons associated with it, and so we
will not add any more electrons to it. If we place the remaining six electrons around N to give it an octet, we do
not achieve an octet on C:

We therefore try a double bond between C and N, using one of the unshared pairs we placed on N. Again we
end up with fewer than eight electrons on C, and so we next try a triple bond. This structure gives an octet around
both C and N:

The octet rule is satisfied for the C and N atoms, and the H atom has two electrons around it. This is a correct
Lewis structure.

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Practice Exercise
Draw the Lewis structure for (a) NO+ ion, (b) C2H4.

Answers: (a) , (b)

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 Sample Exercise 8.8 Lewis Structure for a Polyatomic Ion
Draw the Lewis structure for the BrO3– ion.

Solution
Bromine (group 7A) has seven valence electrons, and oxygen (group 6A) has six. We must add one more
electron to our sum to account for the 1– charge of the ion. The total number of valence electrons is, therefore,
7 + (3  6) + 1 + 16. For oxyanions— BrO3–, SO42–, NO3–, CO32–, and so forth—the oxygen atoms surround the
central nonmetal atom. After following this format and then putting in the single bonds and distributing the
unshared electron pairs, we have

Notice that the Lewis structure for an ion is written in brackets and the charge is shown outside the brackets at the
upper right.

Practice Exercise
Draw the Lewis structure for (a) ClO2–, (b) PO43–

Answers: (a) (b)

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 Sample Exercise 8.9 Lewis Structures and Formal Charges
Three possible Lewis structures for the thiocyanate ion, NCS – , are

(a) Determine the formal charges in each structure. (b) Based on the formal charges, which Lewis structure
is the dominant one?

Solution
(a) Neutral N, C, and S atoms have five, four, and six valence electrons, respectively. We can determine the
formal charges in the three structures by using the rules we just discussed:

As they must, the formal charges in all three structures sum to 1–, the overall charge of the ion. (b) The
dominant Lewis structure generally produces formal charges of the smallest magnitude (guideline 1). That rules
out the left structure as the dominant one. Further, as discussed in Section 8.4, N is more electronegative than
C or S. Therefore, we expect any negative formal charge to reside on the N atom (guideline 2). For these two
reasons, the middle Lewis structure is the dominant one for NCS–.

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Practice Exercise
The cyanate ion, NCO, has three possible Lewis structures. (a) Draw these three structures and assign formal
charges in each. (b) Which Lewis structure is dominant?

Answers: (a)

(b) Structure (iii), which places a negative charge on oxygen, the most electronegative element in the ion,
is the dominant Lewis structure.

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 Sample Exercise 8.10 Resonance Structures
Which is predicted to have the shorter sulfur–oxygen bonds, SO3or SO32– ?

Solution
The sulfur atom has six valence electrons, as does oxygen. Thus, SO 3 contains 24 valence electrons. In writing
the Lewis structure, we see that three equivalent resonance structures can be drawn:

As with NO3– , the actual structure of SO3 is an equal blend of all three. Thus, each S—O bond length should be
about one-third of the way between the length of a single bond and the length of a double bond. That is, they
should be shorter than single bonds but not as short as double bonds.
The SO32– ion has 26 electrons, which leads to a dominant Lewis structure in which all the S—O bonds
are single:

Our analysis of the Lewis structures leads us to conclude that SO 3 should have the shorter S—O bonds and
SO32– the longer ones. This conclusion is correct: The experimentally measured S—O bond lengths are 1.42 Å
in SO3 and 1.51 Å in SO32–.

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Practice Exercise
Draw two equivalent resonance structures for the formate ion, HCO2–.

Answer:

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 Sample Exercise 8.11 Lewis Structure for an Ion with More than an
Octet of Electrons
Draw the Lewis structure for ICI4–.

Solution
Iodine (group 7A) has seven valence electrons. Each chlorine atom (group
7A) also has seven. An extra electron is added to account for the 1–
charge of the ion. Therefore, the total number of valence electrons is 7 + (4  7) + 1 = 36

The I atom is the central atom in the ion. Putting eight electrons around
each Cl atom (including a pair of electrons between I and each Cl to
represent the single bond between these atoms) requires 8  4 = 32
electrons.

We are thus left with 36 – 32 = 4 electrons to be placed on the larger

Iodine has 12 valence electrons around it, four more than needed
for an octet.

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Octet of Electrons
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Practice Exercise
(a) Which of the following atoms is never found with more than an octet of valence
electrons around it: S, C, P, Br? (b) Draw the Lewis structure for XeF2.
Answers: (a) C, (b)

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 Sample Exercise 8.12 Using Average Bond Enthalpies
Using data from Table 8.4, estimate H for the reaction

Solution
Analyze We are asked to estimate the enthalpy change for a
chemical reaction by using average bond enthalpies for the
bonds broken and formed.
Plan In the reactants, we must break twelve C—H bonds
and two C—C bonds in the two molecules of C2H6 and
seven O2 bonds in the seven O2 molecules. In the products,
we form eight C==O bonds (two in each CO2) and twelve
O—H bonds (two in each H2O).

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Solve Using Equation 8.12 and data from Table 8.4, we have
H = [12D(C—H) + 2D(C—C) + 7D(O2)] – [8D(C==O) + 12D(O—H)]
= [12(413 kJ) + 2(348 kJ) + 7(495 kJ)] – [8(799 kJ) + 12(463 kJ)]
= 9117 kJ – 11948 k J
= –2831 kJ

Check This estimate can be compared with the value of

Practice Exercise
Using Table 8.4, estimate H for the reaction

Answer: –86 kJ

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