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Exercises Part 1

1. This document contains 35 homework problems related to topics in quantum mechanics, atomic structure, molecular geometry, and chemical bonding. 2. The problems cover calculating photon wavelengths and energies, writing electron configurations, drawing orbital diagrams, determining hybridization and molecular geometry, and explaining trends in ionization energy. 3. Question 35 asks about the change in hybridization that occurs in the reaction of ammonia and boron trifluoride to form an adduct.

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Exercises Part 1

1. This document contains 35 homework problems related to topics in quantum mechanics, atomic structure, molecular geometry, and chemical bonding. 2. The problems cover calculating photon wavelengths and energies, writing electron configurations, drawing orbital diagrams, determining hybridization and molecular geometry, and explaining trends in ionization energy. 3. Question 35 asks about the change in hybridization that occurs in the reaction of ammonia and boron trifluoride to form an adduct.

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Home exercises

Chapter 1 1. 2. a) b) 3. The wavelength of the green light from a traffic signal is centered at 522 nm. What is the frequency of this radiation ?

Calculate the energy (in joules) of a photon with a wavelength of 5.00x104 nm (Infrared region) a photon with a wavelength of 5.00x10-2 nm The energy of a photon is 5.87x10-20 J. What is the wavelength (in nanometers) 4. What is the wavelength of a photon emitted during a transition from the ni=5 state to the nf = 2 in the hydrogen atom ?

5. Calculate the wavelength in the following two cases: * The wavelength of an electron traveling at 1.24x107 m/s. me = 9.1x10-31 kg * The wavelength of a baseball of mass 149g traveling at 41.3m/s 6. Calculate the wavelength of the particle in the following two cases: a) The fastest serve in tennis is about 62 m/s. Calculate the wavelength associated with a 6.0x10-2 kg tennis ball traveling at this velocity b) Calculate the wavelength associated with an electron moving at 62 m/s 7. How many individual orbitals are there in the third shell ? Write out n, l, ml quantum numbers for each one and label each set by the s, p, d, f designations 8. An electron in a certain atom is in the n=2 quantum level. List the possible values of l and ml that it can have. 9. List all the possible subshells and orbitals associated with the principle quantum number n, if n=5 10. Indicate which of the following sets of quantum numbers in an atom are unacceptable and explain why: (a) (1,0,1/2,1/2) (b) (3,0,0,+1/2) (c) (2,2,1,+1/2) (d) (4,3,-2,+1/2) (e) (3,2,1,1,) 11. Indicate the number of unpaired electrons present in each of the following atoms: B, Ne, P, Sc, Mn, Se, Kr, Fe, I, Pb, Cd. 12. Draw the shapes (boundary surfaces) of the following orbitals: a) 2py, b) 3 d Z 2 c) 3d x 2 y 2 13. Draw orbital diagrams for atoms with the following configuration: a) 1s22s22p5 b) 1s22s22p63s23p3 c) 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d7 14. The ground- state electron configurations listed here are incorrect. Explain what mistakes have been made in each and write the correct electron configurations Al: 1s22s22p43s23p3 B: 1s22s22p5 F: 1s22s22p6

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15. Without referring to a periodic table, write the electron configuration of the elements with the following atomic numbers: a) 9; b) 20; c) 26; d) 33. Classify the elements. 16. Specify the group of the periodic table in which each of the following elements is found: a) [Ne] 3s1, b) [Ne]3s23p3, c) [Ne]3s23p6, d) [Ar]4s23d8 17. A M2+ ion derived from a metal in the 1 st transition metal series has four electrons in the 3d subshell. What element might M be? 18. In general, ionization energy increases from left to right across a given period. Aluminum, however, has a lower ionization energy than magnesium. Explain. 19. Two atoms has the electron configurations 1s22s22p6 and 1s22s22p63s1. The first ionization energy of one is 2080 KJ/mol, and that of the other is 496 KJ/mol. Match each ionization energy with one of the given electron configurations. Justify your choice ? 20. A hydrogenlike ion is an ion containing only one electron. The energies of the electron in a hydrogenlike ion are given by 1 E n = (2.18 x10 18 J ) Z 2 2 n Where n is the principle quantum number and Z is the atomic number of the element. Calculate the ionization energy of the He+ ion From the following data, calculate the average bond energy for the N-H bond: NH3(g) NH2(g) + H(g) Ho = 435KJ NH2(g) NH(g) + H(g) Ho = 381 KJ NH(g) N(g) + H(g) Ho = 360 KJ The energy needed for the following process is 1.96x104KJ.mol-1: Li(g) Li3+ (g) + 3eIf the first ionization energy for lithium is 520 kJ/mol-1, calculate the second ionization energy of lithium, that is, the energy required for the process Li+(g) Li2+(g) + e18 2 1 (Use the equation: E n = (2.18 x10 J ) Z 2 ) n Plan: Li(g) - 1e Li+(g) IE1 = 520 KJ.mol-1 Li+(g) - 1e Li2+(g) IE2 = ? 2+ 3+ Li (g) - 1e Li (g) IE3 = ------------------------------Li(g) Li3+(g) +3e IE1+IE2+IE3 = 1.96x104KJ.mol-1 or 520 +IE2+IE3 = 1.96x104
18 2 1 23 Calculate IE3 = (2.18 x10 J ) Z 2 x6.03 x10 with Z=3 and n=1 n 18 2 1 23 IE2= 1.96x104-520- (2.18 x10 J ) Z 2 x6.03 x10 n 23. According to VB theory, explain, why the nitrogen atom cannot have pentavalence,

while the phosphorus has ?

24. Determine and explain all possible valences of the following atoms: S, Cl, C 25. Draw a Lewis formula for the following species: H2O, H3O+, NF3, OF2, BF3, [BF4]-, SF4, SF6 26. What is the hybridization of the central atom in each of the following: NCl3, CF4, SF6, NH3, NH4+, 27. What hybridizations are predicted for the central atoms in the following molecules: H2O 104.5o H2S 92.2o H2Se H2Te 91o 89.5o

Why the bond angles decrease by the above order ? 28. Predict geometry of the following molecules: H2O, H3O+, CH4, CO2, SO2, BF3. 29. Describe the hybridization of N in each of these species: i) 30. :NH3; ii) NH4+; iii) H N = N H ; iv) HC N : ; v) H 2 N N H 2 :NH3 + BF3 H3N: BF3 31. Briefly discuss the bond angles in the hydroxylamine molecule in terms of the ideal geometry and the small changes caused by electron-pair repulsions 32. Predict geometry of the following molecules: H2O, H3O+, CH4, CO2, SO2, BF3. 33. ii) 34. Describe the hybridization of N in each of these species: :NH3; ii) NH4+; iii) H N = N H ; iv) HC N : ; v) H 2 N N H 2 :NH3 + BF3 H3N: BF3 35. Briefly discuss the bond angles in the hydroxylamine molecule in terms of the ideal geometry and the small changes caused by electron-pair repulsions
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What change in hybridization occurs in the following reaction?

What change in hybridization occurs in the following reaction?

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