Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter
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Author: Neil D. Jespersen, Alison Hyslop
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Chapter 8, Problem 18PE
A student drew the following Lewis structure for the sulfite ion,
Is this the best Lewis structure for the ion? (Hint: Negative formal charges should be on the more electronegative atoms.)
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Chapter 8 Solutions
Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter
Ch. 8 - Practice Exercise 8.1
Choose the ionic compound...Ch. 8 - Construct an energy diagram similar to the one in...Ch. 8 - What is wrong with the following electron...Ch. 8 - How do the electron configurations change when a...Ch. 8 - Practice Exercise 8.5
How are the electron...Ch. 8 - Practice Exercise 8.6
Draw the Lewis structures...Ch. 8 - Practice Exercise 8.7
Use Lewis symbols to diagram...Ch. 8 - Prob. 8PECh. 8 - Prob. 9PECh. 8 - For each atom that does not have an octet, how...
Ch. 8 - The chlorine end of the chlorine monoxide molecule...Ch. 8 - Although isolated Na+ and Cl- ions are unstable,...Ch. 8 - Bromine and chlorine form a molecular substance...Ch. 8 - Practice Exercise 8.14
For each of the following...Ch. 8 - Prob. 15PECh. 8 - Draw Lewis structures for...Ch. 8 - Practice Exercise 8.17
Using the structures drawn...Ch. 8 - Practice Exercise 8.18
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Use Lewis structures to...Ch. 8 - Prob. 23PECh. 8 - Practice Exercise 8.24
Draw the resonance...Ch. 8 - Determine the preferred Lewis structure for the...Ch. 8 - Prob. 26PECh. 8 - Practice Exercise 8.27
The following questions...Ch. 8 - What must be true about the change in the total...Ch. 8 - 8.2 Under what conditions could a compound form...Ch. 8 - 8.3 What is an ionic bond?
Ch. 8 - Define the term lattice energy. In what ways does...Ch. 8 - How is the tendency to form ionic bonds related to...Ch. 8 - What influence do ion size and charge have on...Ch. 8 - 8.7 What is the octet rule? What is responsible...Ch. 8 - 8.8 Why doesn’t hydrogen obey the octet rule?
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Ch. 8 - 8.99 Draw Lewis structures for (a) carbon...Ch. 8 - Draw Lewis structures for (a) selenium trioxide,...Ch. 8 - Prob. 101RQCh. 8 - 8.102 Draw Lewis structures for .
Ch. 8 - Draw the Lewis structure for (a) CH2O (the central...Ch. 8 - Draw Lewis structures for (a) the peroxide ion,...Ch. 8 - Assign formal charges to each atom in the...Ch. 8 - 8.106 Assign formal charges to each atom in the...Ch. 8 - Draw the Lewis structure for HCIO4. Assign formal...Ch. 8 - Draw the Lewis structure for SOCl2 (sulfur bonded...Ch. 8 - Prob. 109RQCh. 8 - 8.110 The following are two Lewis structures that...Ch. 8 - 8.111 Use Lewis structures to show that the...Ch. 8 - Use Lewis structures to show that the reaction...Ch. 8 - Draw all of the resonance structures for the N2O4...Ch. 8 - Prob. 114RQCh. 8 - How should the NO bond lengths compare in the NO3...Ch. 8 - Arrange the following in order of increasing CO...Ch. 8 - 8.117 The Lewis structure of was given as
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