v
1/5=hz
frequency
λ
wavelength; nanometer, angstrum
c
speed of light; 3*10^8 meters/second
d
orbital; clover leaf or maybe a dumbbell with a donut around it
f
orbital; bigger
h
converts frequency of light to energy of light; planks constant
l
type of orbital; 0-n-l; l=0=s; which type of orbital you’re in (s,p)
Resonance Structures
two different lewis structures but are equivalent; ability to have two lewis structures correct enough to matter;
m sub l
-l or +l
n
shell, quantum numbers; borrs only 1, counting numbers
p
orbital
s
orbital, sphere, only 1
m sub s
spin= +1/2 or -1/2
E=hv
photon; planks constant
c=vλ
speed of light, frequency and wavelength
relationship between speed, frequency and wavelength of light
sigma
+ ee + ; squishes orbitals to create new orbitals
pi
e e
+ +
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a bond which exists above and below space of atom
anti-bonding
cancels out full on bond; electrons on wrong side of nucleus; pulls apart; sigma and pi
electronegativity
bottom left to top right; francium to fluorine; how attracted electrons are to each other. bottom is least electronegative fluorine is most electronegative
first ionization energy
energy required to remove loosely held electron; fluorine
spin
m sub s is quantum number for spin
hybrid orbital
only looks at valence electrons; way of simplifying orbitals
ground state
packed electrons into lower orbital
excited state
every enters electron and kicks electron to higher state; doesn’t last long; may have a better set of quantum numbers
bond association enthalpy
energy it takes to pull 2 bonds apart
bent
a kind of molecular geometry in which the central atom has two lone pairs of electrons and is associated with two bond pairs; also known as angular or V-shaped; between 104-109.5º
photon
particle of light
polar
fairly decent difference between electronegativity between a bond
nonpolar
a molecule with polar bonds that is symmetrical
shell
home for electrons; found around nucleus
orbital
a wave function
describes properties characteristic of no more than two electrons in the vicinity of an atomic nucleus or of a system of nuclei as in a molecule
s,p,d,f
lone pair
a pair of valence electrons that are not shared with another atom
linear
has an angle of 180º; molecules that are straight; ex: CO2; BeH2
trigonal planar
a central atom connected to three atoms arranged in a triangular pattern around the central atom; 120º; Ex: SO3
tetrahedral
109.5º; four bonds and no lone pairs in the molecule's central atom; ex: CH4
trigonal pyramidal
three bonds and one lone pair on the central atom in the molecule; <109.5º, ex: NH3
trigonal bipyrimidal
five bonds and no lone pairs on the central atom in the molecule; 90º or 120º, ex: PCl5
seesaw
central atom has one lone pair of electrons and is coupled to four bonding groups; 90º-120º; ex: SF4
t-shaped
central atom has three ligands; 90º; ex: ClF3
octahedral
six atoms or groups of atoms or ligands symmetrically arranged around a central atom, defining the vertices of an octahedron; 90º; ex: Mo(CO)6
square planar
lone pairs of electrons on opposite sides of the central atom; 90º; ex: XeF4
square pyramidal
five bonds and one lone pair on the central atom in the molecule; 90º; ex: BrF5
atomic size
the distance between the centre of the nucleus of an atom and its outermost shell
molecular orbital
mathematical function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in a molecule
quantum number
describe values of conserved quantities in the dynamics of a quantum system; ex: n, l
wave
shape that alternatively varies between a maximum in two opposite directions; ROYGBIV
particle
the microscopic constituents of matter like nuclei of atoms
valence
the property of an element that determines the number of other atoms with which an atom of the element can combine; last shell of electron is valence shell
core
electrons in an atom that are not valence electrons and do not participate in chemical bonding
isomer
compounds that have the same molecular formula but are structurally different
120º
trigonal planar
180º
linear
109.5º
tetrahedral