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23 Cards in this Set
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What are forces that act between charged paticles?
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Electrostatic Forces
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Ionic Bonding consists of ?
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electrostatic attractions between ions of opposite charge
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Charges must be ____ when writing equations?
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balanced
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Connectivity in a molecule is determined by ?
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looking at the structure and describing which atom is bonded to which others
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Saturated Hydrocarbons?
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Only H and C; CnH2n+2
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Isomers?
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Compounds with same molecular formula but different structural formulas
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Halogens mostly bond only once to other atoms; therefore, they occupy the same slot as a ____ atom does in structual formula?
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H atom
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A compound containing N has to contain one more ____ atom than a compound containing only C or C with O atoms
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H atom
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How do you calculate formal charge?
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Number of valence electrons - number nonbonding electrons- 1/2 bonding electrons
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Non formula calc of formal charge?
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an atom or molecule has more or fewer electrons in its valence shell then are necessary to balance its nuclear charge
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What symbol do you use to show resonance structures?
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a double headed arrow
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What is a separation of charge is what? What has to happen for it to be acheived?
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one atom + charged while one - charged; expenditure of energy
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Constitutional Isomer
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differ in order and the way in which the atoms are bonded together in their molecules
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Stereoisomers
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have the same connectivities, but differ only in the arrangement of atoms in space
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When do you have a polar covalent bond?
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covalent bond with unequal sharing of electrons
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Bond dipole
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arrow with head pointing toward more EN atom
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The overall polarity of a molecule is measured by its ?
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dipole moment, u (Greek mu)
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alkyl group
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an alkane - one of its H atoms
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In an addition reaction the product contains ___ elements of the two reacting species
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all the
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(Bronsted-Lowry)Acid
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proton (H) donor
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Lewis Acid
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electron pair acceptor
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At equilibrium, the ____ acid and the ____ base are the major species found in the reaction mixture
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weaker
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Strong Acids have ___ Conjugate Bases (and visa versa)
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Weak
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