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Chapter 9
  • Orbitals and Covalent Bond
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Molecular Orbitals
  • The overlap of atomic orbitals from separate atoms makes molecular orbitals
  • Each molecular orbital has room for two electrons
  • Two types of MO
    • Sigma ( s ) between atoms
    • Pi ( p ) above and below atoms
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Sigma bonding orbitals
  • From s orbitals on separate atoms
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Sigma bonding orbitals
  • From p orbitals on separate atoms
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Pi bonding orbitals
  • p orbitals on separate atoms
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Sigma and pi bonds
  • All single bonds are sigma bonds
  • A double bond is one sigma and one pi bond
  • A triple bond is one sigma and two pi bonds.
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Atomic Orbitals Don’t Work
  • to explain molecular geometry.
  • In methane, CH4 , the shape is tetrahedral.
  • The valence electrons of carbon should be  two in s, and two in p.
  • the p orbitals would have to be at right angles.
  • The atomic orbitals change when making a molecule
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Hybridization
  • We blend the s and p orbitals of the valence electrons and end up with the tetrahedral geometry.
  • We combine one s orbital and 3 p orbitals.
  • sp3 hybridization has tetrahedral geometry.
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In terms of energy
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How we get to hybridization
  • We know the geometry from experiment.
  • We know the orbitals of the atom
  • hybridizing atomic orbitals can explain the geometry.
  • So if the geometry requires a tetrahedral shape, it is sp3 hybridized
  • This includes bent and trigonal pyramidal molecules because one of the sp3 lobes holds the lone pair.
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sp2 hybridization
  • C2H4
  • Double bond acts as one pair.
  • trigonal planar
  • Have to end up with three blended orbitals.
  • Use one s and two p orbitals to make sp2 orbitals.
  • Leaves one p orbital perpendicular.
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In terms of energy
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Where is the P orbital?
  • Perpendicular
  • The overlap of orbitals  makes a sigma bond (s bond)
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Two types of Bonds
  • Sigma bonds from overlap of orbitals.
  • Between the atoms.
  • Pi bond (p bond) above and below atoms
  • Between adjacent p orbitals.
  • The two bonds of a double bond.
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sp2 hybridization
  • When three things come off atom.
  • trigonal planar
  • 120º
  • One p bond, s + lp =3
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What about two
  • When two things come off.
  • One s and one p hybridize.
  • linear
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sp hybridization
  • End up with two lobes 180º apart.
  • p orbitals are at right angles
  • Makes room for two p bonds and two sigma bonds.
  • A triple bond or two double bonds.
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In terms of energy
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CO2
  • C can make two s and two p
  • O can make one s and one p
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N2
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N2
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Breaking the octet
  • PCl5
  • The model predicts that we must use the d orbitals.
  • dsp3 hybridization
  • There is some controversy about how involved the d orbitals are.
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dsp3
  • Trigonal bipyrimidal
  • can only s bond.
  • can’t p bond.
  • basic shape for five things.
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PCl5
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d2sp3
  • gets us to six things around
  • Octahedral
  • Only σ bond
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Molecular Orbital Model
  • Localized Model we have learned explains much about bonding.
  • It doesn’t deal well with the ideal of resonance, unpaired electrons, and bond energy.
  • The MO model is a parallel of the atomic orbital, using quantum mechanics.
  • Each MO can hold two electrons with opposite spins
  • Square of wave function tells probability
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What do you get?
  • Solve the equations for H2
  • HA   HB
  • get two orbitals
  • MO2 = 1sA - 1sB
  • MO1 = 1sA + 1sB
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The Molecular Orbital Model
  • The molecular orbitals are centered on a line through the nuclei
    • MO1 the greatest probability is between the nuclei
    • MO2 it is on either side of the nuclei
    • this shape is called a sigma molecular orbital
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The Molecular Orbital Model
  • In the molecule only the molecular orbitals exist, the atomic orbitals are gone
  • MO1 is lower in energy than the 1s orbitals they came from.
    • This favors molecule formation
    • Called an bonding orbital
  • MO2 is higher in energy
    • This goes against bonding
    • antibonding orbital
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The Molecular Orbital Model
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The Molecular Orbital Model
  • We use labels to indicate shapes, and whether the MO’s are bonding or antibonding.
    • MO1  = s1s
    • MO2  = s1s*  (* indicates antibonding)
  • Can write them the same way as atomic orbitals
    • H2 = s1s2
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The Molecular Orbital Model
  • Each MO can hold two electrons, but they must have opposite spins
  • Orbitals are conserved.
    • The number of molecular orbitals must equal the number atomic orbitals that are used to make them.
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H2-
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Bond Order
  • The difference between the number of bonding electrons and the number of antibonding electrons divided by two
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Only outer orbitals bond
  • The 1s orbital is much smaller than the 2s orbital
  • When only the 2s orbitals are involved in bonding
  • Don’t use the s1s or s1s* for Li2
  • Li2 = (s2s)2
  • In order to participate in bonds the orbitals must overlap in space.
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Bonding in Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules
  • Need to use Homonuclear so that we know the relative energies.
  • Li2-
  • (s2s)2 (s2s*)1
  • Be2
  • (s2s)2 (s2s*)2
  • What about the p orbitals? How do they form orbitals?
  • Remember that orbitals must be conserved.
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B2
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B2
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Expected Energy Diagram
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B2
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B2
  • (s2s)2(s2s*)2 (s2p)2
  • Bond order = (4-2) / 2
  • Should be stable.
  • This assumes there is no interaction between the s and p orbitals.
  • Hard to believe since they overlap
  • proof comes from magnetism.
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Magnetism
  • Magnetism has to do with electrons.
  • Remember that spin is how an electron reacts to a magnetic field
  • Paramagnetism attracted by a magnet.
    • associated with unpaired electrons.
  • Diamagnetism repelled by a magnet.
    • associated with paired electrons.
  • B2 is paramagnetic.
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Magnetism
  • The energies of of the p2p and the s2p are reversed by p and s interacting
  • The s2s and the s2s* are no longer equally spaced.
  • Here’s what it looks like.
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Correct energy diagram
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B2
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Patterns
  • As bond order increases, bond energy increases.
  • As bond order increases, bond length decreases.
  • Supports basis of MO model.
  • There is not a direct correlation of bond order to bond energy.
  • O2 is known to be paramagnetic.
  • Movie.
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Magnetism
  • Ferromagnetic strongly attracted
  • Paramagnetic weakly attracted
    • Liquid Oxygen
  • Diamagnetic weakly repelled
    • Graphite
    • Water Frog
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Examples
  • C2
  • N2
  • O2
  • F2
  • P2
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Heteronuclear Diatomic Species
  • Simple type has them in the same energy level, so can use the orbitals we already know.
  • Slight energy differences.
  • NO
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NO
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You try
  • NO+
  • CN-
  • What if they come from completely different orbitals and energy?
  • HF
  • Simplify first by assuming that F only uses one if its 2p orbitals.
  • F holds onto its electrons, so they have low energy
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Consequences
  • Paramagnetic
  • Since 2p is lower in energy, favored by electrons.
  • Electrons spend time closer to fluorine.
  • Compatible with polarity and electronegativity.
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Names
  • sp orbitals are called the Localized electron model
  • s and p Molecular orbital model
  • Localized is good for geometry, doesn’t deal well with resonance.
  • seeing s bonds as localized works well
  • It is the p bonds in the resonance structures that can move.
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p delocalized bonding
  • C6H6
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C2H6
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NO3-