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    Bonding

    NMSI SUPER PROBLEM

    Answer the following questions about the molecules and reactions containing fluorine atoms.

    (a) Draw the Lewis structures for


    i. CF4

    ii. XeF4.

    (b) Although CF4 and XeF4 both have the 4 atoms of fluorine around the central atom they have different
    molecular shapes. Explain this difference. Be sure to state the correct molecular geometry of both
    molecules in your explanation.

    (c) Identify the hybridization about the C atom in CF4.

    (d) Indicate whether molecules of XeF4 are polar or nonpolar. Justify your answer.

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    (e) Explain why nitrogen only forms the fluoride NF3 but arsenic forms both AsF3 and AsF5.

    Fluorine reacts with hydrazine, N2H4, as shown in the reaction below at 25°C and 1 atm.

    N2H4(ℓ) + 2 F2(g) → N2(g) + 4HF(g) ΔH°rxn = −1169 kJ molrxn–1

    (f) Determine the number of both sigma and pi bonds in N2H4. The Lewis structure for N2H4 is shown
    below.
    H H

    N N

    H H

    (g) A student drew the following competing structure for hydrazine. Use the concept of formal charge to
    support which Lewis diagram best represent a molecule of hydrazine.

    H H

    N N

    H H

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    (h) Using the table of bond enthalpies below, calculate the enthalpy of an N−H bond.

    Bonds Bond Enthalpies


    (kJ/mol)
    N N 160
    N N 418
    N N 941
    F H 565
    F F 154
    N H ???

    (i) Is the average kinetic energy of the nitrogen gas, N2, greater than, less than, or equal to the average
    kinetic energy of hydrogen fluoride gas, HF, when both are at the same temperature? Justify your
    answer.

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