Resonance theory explains various observed properties in a molecule using the electron delocalization concept and multiple Lewis structures, which a single Lewis structure cannot.
A single Lewis structure can only describe some but not all of a molecule's observed properties. Resonance theory is helpful in molecules that can be expressed using several Lewis structures, like Benzene or CO2.
Water at room temperature is liquid in nature due to the hydrogen bonds holding the water molecules (H2O). The close association is hard to break; therefore, water boils at a high temperature of 100oC. The high temperature breaks the Hydrogen bond links to free individual H2O molecules.
In a regular trigonal planar molecular geometry, a central atom is surrounded by three equally spaced substituents in one plane, so joining the three corners would give a triangle.
Heterolytic cleavage or heterolysis is a chemical reaction in which the bond between two atoms breaks unequally so that the two bond electrons reside with only one atom.
The atom that receives both electrons become an electron-rich negatively charged ion (anion, denoted with a negative sign), and the atom that lost the electrons forms a positively charged ion (cation, denoted with a positive sign).
Solids are made up of many particles, and depending on how they are arranged, solids can be divided into crystalline solids and amorphous solids.
The particles may be atoms, ions, or molecules.
For example, gold atoms, NaCl ions, and sucrose molecules compose the solid-state.
A nonpolar molecule is made of two or more atoms where the electronegativity difference between the atoms is less than 0.5. Therefore, the electron density in the bond is equally distributed, and there is no concentration of electrons on one atom to create a charge separation rendering the molecule essentially without poles or nonpolar. Such nonpolar molecules like H2, CH4, He, etc., will interact using the London dispersion forces without forming any positive or negative pole.
Learning Objective: To study what Van Der Waal forces are in chemistry and their example.
Skill Level - Intermediate
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London dispersion forces are weak intermolecular forces found in all atoms and molecules. However, it is an exclusive force binding the nonpolar molecules due to their lack of functional groups, avoiding competing interactions.
Learning Objective: To learn about functional isomerism, a subtype of structural isomerism.
Skill Level – Intermediate
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