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Reproduction in any form is prohibited. CHEMISTRY TODAY | AUGUST ‘16 7 iranchembook.ir/edu Maximize your chance of success, and high rank in NEET, JEE (Main and Advanced) by reading this column. This specially designed column is updated year after year by a panel of highly qualified teaching experts well-tuned to the requirements of these EntranceTests. CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTS AND PERIODICITY IN PROPERTIES HISTORY OF THE PERIODIC TABLE Dobereiner’s Mendeleev’s Newland’s Law Triads Periodic Table of Octaves In the triad of Elements are arranged Elements are arranged elements, the such that the properties in increasing order of atomic weight of of the elements are the their atomic weights, middle element periodic function of the properties of every Earlier Attempts is the arithmetic their atomic weights. eighth element are mean of other two. This table contains 9 groups similar to the first one. and 12 series (or 6 periods). MODERN PERIODIC LAW STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF PRESENT FORM OF THE The physical and chemical properties of PERIODIC TABLE elements are periodic functions of their atomic The present form of periodic table consists of 18 numbers. vertical columns called groups and 7 horizontal Periodic function is due to repetition of rows called periods. Period number corresponds to similar outer electronic configurations after certain the highest principal quantum number (n) of the regular intervals. elements. 8 CHEMISTRY TODAY | AUGUST ‘16 iranchembook.ir/edu 113 114 115 116 117 118 1–14 0–1 PERIODIC TRENDS Covalent radius : It is one-half of the distance between the centres of the nuclei of two similar atoms joined by a single covalent bond. This is generally used for non-metals. The atomic radii of noble gases or inert gases are, in fact, van der Waals radii since they do not form molecules. van der Waals radius > metallic radius > covalent radius (for an atom) IONIC RADIUS ! Cation is smaller and anion is larger than the parent ! atom of the element. In case of isoelectronic ions, the size decreases with increase in the nuclear charge. ATOMIC RADIUS IONISATION ENTHALPY Crystal or metallic radius : It is one-half of the internuclear distance between the two nearest 1 I.E. ∝∝ Effective nuclear charge atoms in the metallic lattice. It is generally used for size of atom metals. 1 ∝ van der Waals radius : It is one-half of the Screening effect internuclear distance between the two adjacent identical atoms belonging to two neighbouring Completely or half-filled orbital has higher I.E. molecules of an element. because of higher stability. CHEMISTRY TODAY | AUGUST ‘16 9 iranchembook.ir/edu ELECTRON GAIN ENTHALPY 1 where, Δ = EEE− + AB−−−2 AA BB 1 ΔegH ∝∝ Effective nuclear charge Here, E represents bond dissociation enthalpy Size of atom 1 (in kJ mol–1). ∝ Screening effect Percentage ionic character ELECTRONEGATIVITY 2 = 16(χA–χB) + 3.5(χA – χB) If χ –χ = 1.7, bond is 50% covalent and 50% Mulliken scale of electronegativity A B 1 ionic. χ = [ΔiH + ΔegH] 2 If χA–χB > 1.7, bond is predominately ionic. Pauling scale of electronegativity If χA ≈ χB , A — B bond is purely covalent. χχAB− = 0. 1017 Δ Four new elements now have names! In December 2015, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry officially recognized the discovery of elements 113, 115, 117 and 118, filling out the seventh row of the periodic table. Element 113 is dubbed “nihonium” and will sport the chemical symbol Nh. Its name comes from the Japanese word “Nihon”. Element 115 will receive the moniker “moscovium,” shortened to Mc, after the Moscow region. The proposed name for element 117 is “tennessine,” having symbol Ts, after the home state of Oak Ridge, Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee. Element 118 will be named oganesson, or Og, after Russian physicist Yuri Oganessian. CHEMICAL BONDING AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE Covalent Bond Ionic Bond Bond formed by mutual Bond formed by transferring of valence electrons from one atom to sharing of electrons another. between the atoms. Conditions Required : Electronegativity difference between the atoms must be high. Low ionisation energy of the element forming cation and high electron affinity of the element forming anion. Lattice energy for formation of ionic compound must be high. 1 ΔHf = ΔHs + IE + ΔHd – EA – U Types of Bonds Types Coordinate Bond 2 A special type of where ΔHf = Enthalpy of formation, covalent bond where ΔHs = Enthalpy of sublimation, shared pair of electrons IE = Ionisation energy, is donated by one atom ΔHd = Enthalpy of dissociation, to other. EA = Electron affinity and U = Lattice energy. 10 CHEMISTRY TODAY | AUGUST ‘16 iranchembook.ir/edu CHEMISTRY TODAY | AUGUST ‘16 11 iranchembook.ir/edu FAJAN’S RULE HYBRIDISATION The magnitude of covalent character in the ionic bond It is the process of intermixing of orbitals depends upon the extent of polarization caused by with slightly different energies so as to redistribute cation. their energies giving another set of orbitals (called hybrid orbitals) with same energy, size and Smaller the cation, larger is its polarizing power. shape. Larger the anion, more is its polarisibility. The structure of any molecule can be predicted on VALENCE SHELL ELECTRON PAIR REPULSION THEORY the basis of hybridisation by formula : (VSEPR) No. of hybrid orbitals (H) ⎡ ⎛Charge ⎞ No.of valence No. of The best arrangement of a given number of electron 1 ⎢⎛ ⎞ ⎛ ⎞ ⎜present ⎟ = ⎢⎜ electrons of ⎟ + ⎜mmonovalent ⎟ − pairs is the one that minimises the repulsion among 2 ⎜ on the ⎟ ⎢⎝⎜ central atom ⎠⎟ ⎝⎜ atoms ⎠⎟ ⎜ ⎟ them. ⎣⎢ ⎝ cation ⎠ Repulsive interactions : Lone pair - lone pair > Charge ⎤ lone pair - bond pair > bond pair - bond pair ⎛ ⎞ ⎜present ⎟⎥ Valence bond theory (VBT) : The formation of a + ⎜ on the ⎟⎥ covalent bond is due to pairing of electrons present ⎜ ⎟⎥ ⎝ anion ⎠⎦⎥ in the valence shell having opposite spins. Head on overlap of atomic orbitals gives bond, sideway 1 σ ⇒ HVMCA=+[]− + overlap of atomic orbitals gives π bond. 2 Types of Orbitals mixed Shape of the Examples Hybridization molecule/ion sp one s + one p Linear BeF2, BeH2, C2H2, HgCl2 2 – 2– sp one s + two p Triangular planar BF3, C2H4, NO3 , CO3 3 + sp one s + three p Tetrahedral CH4, CCl4, SnCl4, NH4, [Ni(CO)4] 2 2– 2– dsp one dd() + one s + two p Square planar [Ni(CN)4] , [PtCl4] xy22− 3 sp d one s + three p + one dd() Trigonal bipyramidal PF5, PCl5 z2 3 2 3– 3+ sp d one s + three p + two d Octahedral SF6, [CrF6] [Co(NH3)6] (,)dd xy22− z 2 3 3 sp d one s + three p + three d Pentagonal bipyramidal IF7 (,,)dddxy yz xz MOLECULAR ORBITAL THEORY The order of energies of molecular orbitals for simple homonuclear diatomic molecules like O2, F2 ∗ ∗ The atomic orbitals of comparable energy and and Ne2 is σ1s, σ 1s, σ2s, σ 2s, σ2pz, π2px = π2py, ∗ ∗ ∗ proper symmetry combine to form equal number π 2px = π 2py, σ 2pz of molecular orbitals. The order of energies of molecular orbitals for diatomic lighter elements like B2, C2 and N2 is The bonding molecular orbital has lower energy ∗ ∗ ∗ σ1s, σ 1s, σ2s, σ 2s, π2px = π2py, σ2pz, π 2px and greater stability than the corresponding anti- ∗ ∗ bonding molecular orbital. = π 2py, σ 2pz 12 CHEMISTRY TODAY | AUGUST ‘16 iranchembook.ir/edu 1 hydrogen bond. Bond order = (Nb – Na) 2 It can be intermolecular (in case of HF, ROH or [Nb = No. of bonding electrons, Na = No. of H2O) or intramolecular (in case of o-nitrophenol). antibonding electrons] METALLIC BONDING HYDROGEN BONDING Metallic bond is electrostatic force of attraction The attractive force which binds hydrogen atom between positively charged kernels (nuclei with of one molecule with the electronegative atom core electron) and mobile electrons which holds the (F, O or N) of another molecule is called metal atoms together. New type of chemical bond confirmed! Chemists in 1989, experimenting at a nuclear accelerator in Vancouver observed that a reaction between bromine and muonium (a hydrogen isotope) slowed down when they increased the temperature.
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