CHEM1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Matter Wave, Covalent Bond, Hydrogen
Explain how electron sharing leads to lowering of electronic energy in terms of increasing the de Broglie
wavelength
Sharing of electrons
○
2 separate atoms
○
Atoms come together -> sharing of e- -> increased wavelength, decreased energy
○
Nuclei repel each other
○
Molecules contain 2 or more nuclei and 2 or more electrons
○
Covalent bond
•
Pair-wise interactions
•
Electrons and nuclei attract one another. Attractive interactions are energetically favourable, so an electron attracted to anucleus is at lower energy
than a free electron
1.
Electrons repel each other, raising the energy and reducing the stability of a molecule
2.
Nuclei repel each other, so these interactions also reduce the stability of a molecule
3.
These interactions are balanced to give molecule its greatest possible stability
○
Balance is achieved when electron density is situated between the nuclei of bonded atoms
○
Electrons are shared between nuclei - known as shared electron density or covalent bond
○
In any covalent bond the attractive energy between nuclei and electrons exceeds the repulsive energy arising from nuclear-nuclear and
electron-electron interactions
○
Contains 2 nuclei and 2 electrons
-
As atoms approach, each nucleus attracts opposite electron, pulling 2 atoms closer together
-
BUT at same time, 2 nuclei repel each other, as do the 2 electrons
-
Repulsive interactions tend to drive atoms apart
-
For h2 to be stable, sum of the attractive energies must exceed the sum of the repulsive energies
-
e.g. Hydrogen molecule
nucleus
electron
attraction
repulsion
De Broglie reasoned that momentum (mv) of a particle should be related to its wavelength, like a proton ie. He
predicted that electrons are wave-like
-
Photon's momentum (p), related to its energy
-
Energy of photon --> E=hc/λ
-
Applying same 2 equations to a particular gives wavelength
-
P is momentum of the particle
7.1
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
6:43 PM
7. Bonding - MO theory Page 1
Predict electron configurations and bond orders for diatomic molecules, given a molecular orbital (MO) energy
diagram
Electron figuration: 1s22s1
Bond order:
= 4-2
=2
7.2
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
9:20 PM
7. Bonding - MO theory Page 2
Screen clipping taken: 24/05/2017 9:40 PM
7. Bonding - MO theory Page 3
Document Summary
Explain how electron sharing leads to lowering of electronic energy in terms of increasing the de broglie wavelength. Atoms come together -> sharing of e- -> increased wavelength, decreased energy. Molecules contain 2 or more nuclei and 2 or more electrons. Attractive interactions are energetically favourable, so an electron attracted to a nucleus is at lower energy than a free electron. Electrons repel each other, raising the energy and reducing the stability of a molecule. Nuclei repel each other, so these interactions also reduce the stability of a molecule. These interactions are balanced to give molecule its greatest possible stability. Balance is achieved when electron density is situated between the nuclei of bonded atoms. Electrons are shared between nuclei - known as shared electron density or covalent bond. In any covalent bond the attractive energy between nuclei and electrons exceeds the repulsive energy arising from nuclear-nuclear and electron-electron interactions e. g. hydrogen molecule.