CHEM1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Matter Wave, Covalent Bond, Hydrogen

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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
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As atoms approach, each nucleus attracts opposite electron, pulling 2 atoms closer together
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BUT at same time, 2 nuclei repel each other, as do the 2 electrons
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Repulsive interactions tend to drive atoms apart
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For h2 to be stable, sum of the attractive energies must exceed the sum of the repulsive energies
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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
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Photon's momentum (p), related to its energy
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Energy of photon --> E=hc/λ
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Applying same 2 equations to a particular gives wavelength
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P is momentum of the particle
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Predict electron configurations and bond orders for diatomic molecules, given a molecular orbital (MO) energy
diagram
Electron figuration: 1s22s1
Bond order:
= 4-2
=2
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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.

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