1. Ch. 8 Chemical Bonding Chemical bonds hold atoms together.
There are 3 types of chemical bonds:
Ionic bonds (electrostatic forces that hold ions together…)
Example: Na+Cl-, K+Br-
Covalent bonds (result from sharing electrons between atoms…)
Example: H2, NH3
Metallic bonds (refers to metal nuclei floating in a sea of electrons…)
Example: copper, gold

2. Lewis Symbols: Electron dots
Valence Electrons: outer-most electrons
determined by the “Group A #” from the periodic table
Exceptions: d or f-block; duet rule =2 e-

3. Octet Rule Ionic Bonding
Atoms often gain or lose or share electrons to fill their valence shell with 8 electrons to achieve a noble gas configuration.
* There are exceptions.
Ionic Bonding
Ionic bonds—transfer of electrons
Form between an element of low ionization energy and an element of high electronegativity
Usually form between a metal and a nonmetal.

4. Ionic Bonding Energies
Consider the reaction between sodium and chlorine:
Na(s) + ½Cl2(g)  NaCl(s) ∆Hºf = –410.9 kJ/mol
- The reaction is violently exothermic.
- We infer that the NaCl is more stable than its constituent elements.
Here’s another way to look at the energy of ionic bond formation:
Sodium loses 1 electron…Na  Na e- Requires 5.1 eV of energy
Chlorine gains l electron…Cl + 1 e-  Cl- Releases 3.6 eV of energy
NaCl forms… Na+ + Cl-  [Na+][ Cl-] Releases 5.2 eV of energy
[1 eV (electron volt) = x J]
The energy released is greater than the energy required, therefore the ionic bond forms… (∆Hf = eV)

5. Lattice Energy
Lattice energy is the energy required to completely separate a mole of a solid ionic compound into its gaseous ions.
Lattice energy increases as distance between the ions decreases.
Lattice energy increases as charges on the ions increase.

6. Ions Metals lose electrons to form smaller (+) cations.
Nonmetals gain e- to form larger (-) anions.
The # of e- gained or lost depends on how many they need to gain or lose to get to a noble gas configuration. Only then will they become stable.
Groups of atoms can have charges too. They are called polyatomic ions.
The atoms share electrons (covalent bonds) but the group still has an overall charge.
Examples: [NH4+] , [CO3-2]

7. Covalent Bonds Atoms share electrons to fill their valence shell.
Usually form between 2 nonmetals
Lewis Structures: represent covalent bonds as 2 dots between the atoms
- A line can also be used to represent 2 shared e-’s (or one covalent bond.)

8. Multiple Covalent Bonds
Single bond = 2 electrons shared …(1 pair)
Double bond= 4 electrons shared…(2 pairs)
Triple bond= 6 electrons shared…(3 pairs)
Bond Lengths & Bond Strengths
Single bonds are the longest and weakest covalent bonds.
Triple are the shortest and strongest covalent bonds.
Ionic bonds are much stronger than covalent bonds.

9. Bond Polarity
Bond polarity helps to describe the sharing of the electrons between atoms. There are 3 possibilities…
Nonpolar covalent: equal sharing of the e- pair
Polar covalent: unequal sharing of the e- pair
Ionic: transfer of valence e- from the metal to the nonmetal
A molecule that has one side slightly positive and one side slightly negative is said to be a “dipole.”
The positive end (or pole) in a polar bond is represented + and the negative pole -. Arrow can also show dipoles. + -

10. Bond Polarity & Electronegativity
(How can you tell what type of bond will form?)
Electronegativity: describes an atom’s attraction to the e- pair in a bond…(It’s a number from 0 to 4.0)
The difference between electronegativities indicate whether a bond will be nonpolar, polar or ionic.
There is no sharp distinction between bonding types.
In General: Nonpolar = Polar= Ionic= Above 2.0
Lattice Energy and Polarity
Lattice energy increases as the electronegativity between the atoms in an ionic compound increases

11. Rules For Drawing Lewis Structures
Rule 1) How many electrons are possible around an atom?
For hydrogen, only 2 electrons are possible, therefore only one bond!
Second row elements usually try to get 8 e-. Notable Exception: Boron needs only 6; Beryllium can is cool with 4.
Boron is a moron; “Be” cool with 4 dude!
Third & Fourth Row usually have 8 e- but can expand to get 10 or more.
Rule 2) Drawing the Lewis Structure:
First arrange the atoms around the central atom (usually the least electronegative one, but never hydrogen!)
Count the total # of valence electrons in the molecule. If it is an ion, add 1 for each (-) charge or subtract 1 for each (+) charge.
Distribute the electrons keeping Rule #1 in mind. If you have too many electrons, look for double or triple bonds, or place the extras around the “3rd or 4th row element.”

12. Rules For Drawing Lewis Structures
Rule 3) For Ionic Compounds:
Indicate the charge on the ions
Do not share the electrons, transfer them!
Rule 4) For odd-numbered valence electrons:
If you must cheat an element out of 8 e- and only give it 7, then cheat the least electronegative element.
Rule 5) Resonance Structures:
If there is more than one way to draw the Lewis structure, show them all.
Rule 6) Nature doesn’t know anything about Rules1-5.
These are just models for us to use in order to represent bonding.

13. Resonance Structures:
The ability to draw more than one “correct” Lewis structure.
1) Draw Ozone O3 (it is not a cyclic)
2) Draw Benzene C6H6 (is cyclic)

14. Resonance Resonance Structures: Benzene (C6H6)
The ability to draw more than one “correct” Lewis structure.
Benzene (C6H6)
The true structure for the molecule is somewhere “in between” the resonance structures.

15. Formal Charge Formal charge = # valence e- - shared e - lone pair e- 2
Formal Charge: The formal charge of an atom is the charge that an atom (in a molecule) would have if all of the atoms had the same electronegativity.
To calculate formal charge:
Formal charge = # valence e- - shared e - lone pair e- 2
Formal charge = # valence e- - # of bonds - lone pair e-)
Practice: Determine the formal charge on C and N.
C= 4 – 3 – 2 = N= 5 – 3 – 2 = 0

16. Formal Charge
The most stable Lewis structure has the smallest formal charge on each atom and the most negative formal charge on the most electronegative atoms.
• It is important to keep in mind that formal charges do NOT represent REAL charges on atoms!
1) Draw Sulfate ion and assign formal charges
2) Draw xenon trifluoride and assign formal charges

17. Strengths of Covalent Bonds
The energy required to break a covalent bond is called the bond dissociation enthalpy, D.
That is, for the Cl2 molecule, D(Cl-Cl) is given by H for the reaction:
Cl2(g)  2Cl(g) H = 242 kJ
When more than one bond is broken…
CH4(g)  C(g) + 4H(g) H = 1660 kJ
…the bond enthalpy is a fraction of H for the “atomization reaction”:
D(C-H) = ¼H = ¼(1660 kJ) = 415 kJ

18. Strengths of Covalent Bonds
The bond enthalpy for a given set of atoms depends on the rest of the molecule of which it is a part. An average bond enthalpy is therefore shown.
The energy released when a bond forms is just the (-) of the value shown in the table!

19. Using “D” to determine ∆H(rxn)
∆H(rxn) =  D(bonds broken) -  D(bonds formed)
Practice Problem
CH4(g) + Cl2(g)  CH3Cl(g) + HCl(g) H(rxn) = ?
In this reaction one C-H bond and one Cl-Cl bond is broken while one C-Cl bond and one H-Cl bond is formed.
So… ∆H(rxn) = [D(C-H) + D(Cl-Cl)] - [D(C-Cl) + D(H-Cl)]
= 413kJ kJ – 328 kJ – 431 kJ = – 104 kJ
The overall reaction is exothermic which means that the bonds formed are stronger than the bonds broken.
The above result is consistent with Hess’s law.