CH ENGR 104C Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Van Der Waals Force, Bromine Monochloride, Atomic Orbital

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En (change in electronegativity) ~ 1. 6 : en = 3. 0 (chlorine) 0. 9 (sodium) = 2. 1 ionic. Ionic strong bond: the negative ion of chlorine is electro-statically attracted to the positive charge on sodium, 188 kcal/mol to break the bond. Br+ cl- : en = 3. 0 (chlorine) 2. 8 (bromine) = 0. 2 covalent, sharing of electrons not completely even and covalent, so brcl is best described as polar covalent. Electrostatic attraction = opposite charges that attract bonds and have permanent dipoles, dipole-dipole bonding. (strength of attraction follows coulomb"s law: force of electrostatic attraction is proportional to magnitude of the difference between charges) Polar covalent: one brcl molecule has a covalent bond where chlorine is more electronegative (electron-greedy) than bromine. This causes a shift in electron density towards chlorine, resulting in a slight negative dipole. Dipole-dipole attraction accounts for brcl"s 5 c boiling point.

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