CHEM 241 Study Guide - Final Guide: Diethyl Ether, Ethane, Antibonding Molecular Orbital

• School: Drexel University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 241
• Professor: Rutkowsky Susan

Document Summary

Solutions to chapter two problems: molecular orbital theory. Name the element with the electronic configuration 1s2 2s2 2p2. Carbon - six electrons so six protons so atomic number six. Draw the atomic orbitals for chlorine gas (cl2) and predict the resultant bonding and antibonding orbitals. The -bond is orthogonal to the c(co)c plane and made from two p-orbitals. Draw the bonding present in acetylene h-c ch (hint, there are two -bonds) Determine the hybridization of the following molecules and use this information to predict the respective geometries. The acetamide carbon has one double bond and therefore must be sp2 hybridized. Therefore, the oxygen must also be sp2 hybridized to make the double bond. The cn -bond is formed by the overlap of two sp hybrids. Co2 following the hybridization rules the carbons would be sp hybridized which means that the oxygens must also be sp hybridized.