Chemical bonding Definition and 34 Threads

I‘ve done chemistry in high school, yet I feel I still have no idea how it really works. In physics you can just calculate everything to make predictions. But in chemistry it feels like learning vocabulary, you have to learn each word and you can not just deduce everything from simple rules...

Hi, I was wondering if a Magnetic Resonance (+contrast) can in some way modify the structure of artificial chordae used in heart surgery. My first answer would be "No". There ain't any medical article about that. Also (as far as i know) I don't think magnetic field can break chemical bond, so it...

Molecular potential energy of hydrogen in dependence with atomic distance for bonding orbital is given by picture below. We can see that at large distances force between atoms is attractive and potential energy drops to minimum which corresponds to bond energy and length. This part of the...

Atoms bond because compounds are more stable or have less energy than individual atoms. Interatomic potential energy depends with distance of atoms and there is a distance at which potential energy has minimum. This distance is a length of the bond. When forming covalent bonds, why is it...

I am a biology undergraduate interested in abiogenesis. The entropic explanation for the origin of life is that life is allowed to exist because it increases universal entropy. I am curious about how far we can take this theory down. How can you explain the emergence of atoms and atomic...

Okay So our Chemistry Professor gave us the answer as the following IO2F2 has a larger bond length than IOF3 The reason being is once you draw the structures of the compounds IO2F2 has more number of double bonds that the later hence it shall have more p charecter than IOF3...hence it will...

Hello everybody, I am stuck with drawing resonance structures for different types of compounds. Do you know any tutorials or any methods to master drawing resonance structures? If yes, please be kind enough to drop some links and statements below. Thank you very much in advance.

if the human skin consists of hydrogen, then why does not happen hydrogen bond through contact with something or with another person?

Hi All, The Potential Energy for two chemically bonding atoms is defined by ,U=1/2(k*q1*q2)/r So it means that when the atoms approach each other then, their Potential Energy will increase. Where am I doing wrong? I will be thankful for help!

there is some chemical bond between the skin of one person and another during touching?

https://ps.uci.edu/~cyu/p224/LectureNotes/lecture7/lecture7html/ Does NaCl have a wavefunction? If so, is it entangled?

Homework Statement Compare Dipole moment of CH3F and and CD3F where D is deuterium. Homework Equations Theory questions The Attempt at a Solution Our sir had explained that to do this question we muat take into account the vibration of the atom in the respective molecule. That is that the...

There is an example given in my textbook showing the structure of BF3. In it, they have hybridised the orbitals of B to sp2, but not of F. It's written sp2-p overlapping. Why isn't flourine also hybridised, seeing it has 3 lone pairs and 1 bond pair, it could have sp3 hybridisation? Also, in...

I'm currently doing a literature review on ultracold chemistry with an emphasis on collisional theory and quantum phenomena. I'm an undergraduate physics major, and I'd start my discussion of this topic by moving from basic Newtonian conservation laws and concepts like Coulomb repulsion to the...

Recently, I have been studying flexible thin film transistor (TFT), so I wonder the relationship between flexibility and chemical bonding. Chemical bondings composed of sp3 orbital, s orbital, which one is more flexible? Which one of amorphous Si film, poly Si film, IGZO film is more flexible...

In chemistry, chemical bonding is a very important topic. What I can't really understand is the interrelation of different theories which explains the same kind of thing, like for structure of any compound there are theories like Valence bond theory or VSEPR or molecular orbital theory. I am...

since HCl dissociates in H+ and Cl- like NaCl then why it is not ionic still?? tell except electronegativity diff?

Hi all! I would like to ask your help! I am a rookie in the subject. I have to admit i don't exactly interested in the mathematical way. I really don't have the "basic" advanced math which would needed it. :) Look at me if i would be a high school physics and chemistry teacher whose imaginary...

We know that a shell can accommodate a maximum of 2n2 electrons because a shell can have a maximum of n2 orbitals depending upon the value of n, i.e n=1 for K shell, n=2 for L shell, n=3 for M shell, n=4 for N shell and so on. According to Lewis, he pictured the atom in terms of a positively...

a. What do we know about any quantum-physical law, dictating 8 electrons in the outer atomic shell + the other shells' populations, including the 2 electrons in the innermost. Any physical theory behind these numbers, or just an empirical reality ? b. How reacting atoms 'choose' between...

Hello I am currently taking a general chem course, and we are studying bonding. I am having trouble understanding why atoms for ex: 2 separate hydrogen atoms have higher energies than a hydrogen molecule. I understand that atoms/ions are always seeking configurations/geometries that will...

Does CN neutral exist? if it will their will be a triple bond but their will be 1 single electron left in the carbon atom now if answer is yes i am all good but if no then why can't 1 unpaired electron remain unbonded?why has it always got to be a "pair" of electrons?

hello, to preview chemical bonds must be considered only the electrons in the last sublevel and not the electrons in all the level? for example my book talking of carbon sp hybridation say that we shouldn't expect it make 4 bounds but only 3, why if the carbon need exactly 4 electron to...

Chemical bonding force. Help me understand how chemists describe this force! So one proton has a positive charge. One electron has a negative charge. When we bring them together, that makes one hydrogen atom. The positive proton and the negative electron cancel each other out. Perfect! But...

In chemistry I learned the bonding rules that I learned for various molecules never mentioned anything about the different energy levels in electrons. Now that I know electrons can have various energy levels from absorption of photons, I would like to know if this changes the behavior of...

So I'm having trouble grasping the theories of Chemical bonding and I'm taking Organic Chemistry. I know it's not realistic that I will truly understand it, but I'd like some grasp of it. This book is written by Linus Pauling and I know he is a 2-time Nobel Prize winner, but is this book at my...

I am not positive if I did this correctly, but I was wondering if someone could check and then, potentially, offer ideas. The question asked to use bond energies and estimate the energy change deltaH (in kJ/mol) for N=N + 2H2 --> H2N-NH2 (that first N=N is triple) I think I just...

What determines the ionic nature of a bond? I am a bit confused regarding this. Is it the polarising ability of the cation or the greater electronegativity of the anion? Regarding fajan's rules, smaller the size of the cation (and greater the charge) and smaller the size of the anion, greater...

Can anybody here please explain to me about the spin of an electron in the covalent bond? My textbook just says that it follows the Hund’s rule. Moreover I am confused with one more statement in the text – it says that in a covalent bond, in the bonding molecular orbital the electrons tend to...

While studying chemical bonding for methane,ethyne etc., I have made the following assumption to help me to remember the sigma bond, pai bond, and hybrid orbitals. 1. Every single covalent bond around a carbon atom is a sigma bond. 2. Only one of the bond in double and triple covalent bond...

I just started a worksheet and wanted to check the answers I've gotten thus far and ask for a bit of help with the ones I'm stuck on.:smile: [What's bolded is my answer.] A chemical bond is an attractive force that holds atoms together. Chemical bonding is the process of atoms...

Periodicity & Chemical Bonding "Homework Help" General Chem 30. How does ionization energy change as one proceeds a) across the periodic table in a horizontal row b) down the periodic table in a vertical group Give an explantion for each answer. 31. Arrange the following atoms or ions...

1. What test would determine whether a solid substance contains ionic bonds? and 2. a) Explain why graphite is soft and has a high melting point. b) Explain why diamond is hard and has a high melting point. c) Why is diamond a poor conductor of an electric current and graphite a good...

I am relaying this question from rtharbaugh1, who originally posted it to a thread in the Quantum Physics forum: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=98040 Can any of you chemistry nerds answer this? :smile: - Warren