Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding: Lewis Symbols - The Octet Rule

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Miles Eckles March 10, 2011

Chem 101 A Chapter 8

Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding


Lewis Symbols – The Octet Rule
 Valence electrons – electrons involved in chemical bonding, these are the electrons in
the incompletely filled outer shell of the atom.
 Lewis symbols or electron dot symbols are a convenient way to show valence electrons
of atoms and tracking them for bond formation.
Example of Lewis Symbols
● ●
Li● ●Be● ●B● ●C ●

● ● ●● ●●
●N●● ●● O ●● ●F●● ●●Ne●●
● ● ●● ●●

 If more than 3 valence electrons each side must have at least 1 electron on each side
before a side can get 2 valence electrons

Octet Rule
 Lewis noticed that Noble gases (except for Helium) all had eight valence electrons and
were unreactive. Furthermore, many atoms undergoing reactions also end up with eight
valence electrons
 OCTET RULE: atoms tend to gain, lose, or share electrons until they are surrounded by
eight valence electrons.
o an octet of electrons consists of full s and p subshells
o Lewis symbols for an octet can be thought as four pairs of valence electrons
Ionic Bonding
 Ionic bond – electrostatic forces that exist between ions of opposite charge. There is a
literal transfer of electrons from a metal atom to a nonmetal atom to form cations and
anions.
 Example:
o 2Na (s) + Cl2 (g) → 2NaCl(s)
Diagram

●●
● ●
Cl
Na ● ●
●●
●●
● ●
Cl
Na ● ●
●●

Energetics of Ionic Bond Formation


 Ionic compounds are generally stable is the attraction of unlike charges.
 Lattice energy – the energy required to completely separate a mole of a solid ionic
compound into its gaseous atoms.

E=k Q1Q2 Lattice Energy Magnitude


d

Lattice energy magnitude


 K = 8.99 x 109 J–m/C2
 Q1 and Q2 are the charges on the ions
 d is the distance between the ions’ centers
 As ionic charge increases, so does the energy of attraction.
 As distance between centers decreases, lattice energy increases
Example
 Rank the lattice energies of CaCl2, MgCl2, and NaCl from lowest to highest.
 NaCl must be lower than the others because its charges are 1+ and 1-, while the others
are 2+ and 1-.
 The ionic radius of Mg 2+ is smaller than Ca2+, so Mg is closer to Cl than Ca
 NaCl < CaCl2 < MgCl2
Electron Configuration and Ionic Charge State
 Na will lose 1 electron to become a stable OCTET, Na+.
 Cl will gain 1 electron to become a stable OCTET, Cl-.
 Thus, metals have 1+, 2+, 3+ charges as ions. Likewise, nonmetals from group VA, VIA,
VIIA will have 3-, 2-, 1- charges as ions.
Examples:
 What ions would be formed from: a) Ba, b) Al, c) O, d) P?

o Ba2+ (group IIA)


o Al3+ (group IIA)
o O2- (group VIA)
o P3- (group VA)
Transition Metals Special Case
Transition metals have d electrons; don’t follow the OCTET Rule.
In forming ions, transition metals lose the valence-shell s electrons first, then as many d
electrons are required to reach the charge of the ion.
Example: Fe[Ar]3d64s2
Losing two electrons, Fe2+ [Ar]3d6
Losing one more, Fe3+ [Ar]3d5
Polyatomic Ions
 Polyatomic ions like SO42- pr NH4+ as a group of atoms act as a charged species in forming
an ionic compound with oppositely charged species.

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