Chemistry 101 In-Class Assignment 5 (Due by Oct.

1) Polyatomic Ions & Ionic Compounds and Molecular Shapes

1. Draw lewis dot structures for an atom of each of following polyatomic ions: (a) NH+ 4 (b) OH (c) (d) CN

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NO 3

See pictures on the last page. 2. Complete the following table with the formula of the compound: OH NH4 OH Sr(OH)2 Fe(OH)3 NO 3 NH4 NO3 Sr(NO3 )2 Fe(NO3 )3 CO2 3 (NH4 )2 CO3 SrCO3 Fe2 (CO3 )3 PO3 4 (NH4 )3 PO4 Sr3 (PO4 )2 FePO4

NH+ 4 2+ Sr Fe3+

3. Write the formula for the polyatomic ion in each of the following compounds. example: Na2 SO3 SO2 3 (a) Li3 PO4 (b) NaNO3 PO3 4 NO 3 (c) Cu(NO2 )2 (d) BaSO4 NO 2 SO2 4

4. Identify the chemical formula of each of the following compounds (rst, identify the formula and charge of each of the ions, then balance charge to form compounds): example: potassium sulte ions: K+ and SO2 formula: K2 SO3 3 (a) potassium sulfate (b) barium carbonate (c) aluminum hydroxide (d) sodium nitrate BaSO4 BaCO3 Al(OH)3 NaNO3 (e) calcium nitrate (f) potassium sulte (g) sodium bicarbonate (h) ammonium chloride Ca(NO3 )2 K2 SO3 NaHCO3 NH4 Cl

5. Name the following compounds: example: Mg(OH)2 positive ion: magnesium negative ion: hydroxide (OH ) (a) (NH4 )2 SO4 (b) Na2 CO3 (c) KNO3 ammonium sulfate sodium carbonate potassium nitrate (d) CaSO3

name: magnesium hydroxide calcium sulte barium nitrate copper nitrate

(e) Ba(NO3 )2 (f) Cu(NO3 )2

Each of the following molecules are covalent compounds. For each one, (a) give its name (if blank) (b) calculate the total number of valence electrons (c) draw the Lewis electron dot structure and (d) use VSEPR theory to predict its shape: 6. CCl4 name: carbon tetrachloride 7. PCl3 name: phosphorous trichloride # valence e 32 shape: tetrahedral # valence e 26 shape: pyramidal

Chemistry 101, Fall 2003

In-Class Assignment 5, page 2 # valence e 26 shape: pyramidal # valence e 16 shape: linear

8. NCl3 name: nitrogen trichloride 9. CS2 name: carbon disulde 10. CH2 Cl2 name: dichloromethane 11. O3 name: ozone 12. CSH2 name: thioformaldehyde 13. SiH3 Cl name: chlorosilane 14. C2 H6 (arrangement of atoms is shown below.) name: ethane 15. C2 H4 (arrangement of atoms is shown below.) name: ethylene

# valence e 20 shape: tetrahedral # valence e # valence e 18 shape: bent 12 shape: trigonal

# valence e 14 shape: tetrahedral # valence e 14 shape around carbon 1: tetrahedral shape around carbon 2: tetrahedral # valence e 12 shape around carbon 1: trigonal shape around carbon 2: trigonal

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