Questions

Q1. Determine the lewis structures of the following:

1. HNO
3

2. BF
4
-

3. N
3
-

4. ClO
3
-

Q2. Write valid set of quantum numbers for a 3p electron.
Q3. Write the ground state electron configuration of Pb, Pb
2+
and Pb
4+
.
Q4. For question 3, write the Pb species in a) increasing radius, b) increasing first Ionization
energy.
Q5. Identify all the intermolecular forces in the following compounds:
a) CH
3
OH
b) C
6
H
14

c) C
2
H
5
OC
2
H
5


Q6. If the MO diagram of a molecule has 10 bonding, 6 non-bonding and 2 anti-bonding
electrons, what is the bond order?
How can you explain this bond order if the molecule is NO
3
-
? [HINT: Draw Lewis diagram]
Q7. Final Exam Winter 2012
A bowl of soup is heated in a microwave oven. 3.95 J of energy is required to raise the
temperature of one gram of soup by one degree Celsius. This energy is provided by microwave
radiation having a wavelength of 1.55 x 10-2 m. How many photons of microwave radiation
must 252 g of soup absorb to raise its temperature from 20C to 72C?
Q8. Palladium (Pd) has a face-centered cubic structure and a density of 13.4 g/cm
3
. What is the
atomic radius of palladium in pm?
Q9. What is the shape of XeF
4
? Draw.
Q10. Draw line structures for three unique structural isomers of C
4
H
8
.

Q11. Determine the theoretical yield of calcium phosphate when a solution containing 14.86 g of
sodium phosphate is mixed with 14.86 g of calcium nitrate, given the reaction:
2 Na
3
PO
4
(aq) + 3 Ca(NO
3
)
2
(aq) -> Ca
3
(PO
4
)
2
(s) + 6 NaNO
3
(aq)

Q12. Rank the following compounds from lowest to highest boiling point: CH
3
OH, CH
4
, H
2
O,
C
2
H
6

Q13. Determine the geometry and draw the following compounds:
a) (CH
3
)
2
NH
b) PCl
5


Q14. Rank the following compounds from least to most polar: CH
2
Br
2
, CF
2
Cl
2
, CH
2
F
2
, CH
2
Cl
2
,
CBr
4
, CF
2
Br
2
.
Q15. In which of the following compounds only van der waals forces are present? CO
2
, HBr,
NH
3
, C
2
H
5
OH.

Answers



14) CBr
4
< CF
2
Cl
2
< CF
2
Br
2
< CH
2
Br
2
< CH
2
Cl
2
< CH
2
F
2

15) CO
2