BONDING & MOLECULAR STRUCTURE PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Which one of the following molecules contains a triple bond? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) PF3 NF3 C2H2 H2CO HOF

2. Which of the following guidelines for drawing Lewis formulas for covalent compounds is incorrect? (A) (B) (C) (D) Carbon always forms 4 bonds. Hydrogen can never be a central atom. Only C, N, O, P and S may form double bonds. Only elements with a principal quantum number greater than 3 may expand their octet. (E) One carbon atom in a compound may form both a double bond and a triple bond.

3. Which numbered response lists all the molecules below that exhibit resonance and none that do not? I. II. III. IV. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) AsF5 HNO3 SO2 H2O

I and II II and III III and IV I and III II, III, and IV

4. The sulfur hexafluoride molecule is nonpolar and contains no lone (unshared) electron pairs on the sulfur atom. What are all of the possible F-S-F bond angles? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 120 180 90 and 180 90, 120, and 180 109.5

5. Which of the following statements concerning polar molecules is false? (A) There must be at least one polar bond or one unshared pair of electrons on the central atom. (B) If there is more than one polar bond, they must not be symmetrically arranged so that their polarities cancel. (C) If there is more than one unshared pair of electrons on the central atom, they must not be symmetrically arranged so that their polarities cancel. (D) There must be an odd number of polar bonds in order that their polarities cancel. (E) A molecule with symmetrically arranged polar bonds can be polar if the central atom is bonded to atoms of different elements. 6. Four of the following statements about the ammonia molecule, NH3, and the nitrogen trifluoride molecule, NF3, are correct. One is not. Which one? (A) The NH3 molecule is more polar than the NF3 molecule. (B) The bond dipoles in NF3 are directed toward the more electronegative fluorine atoms. (C) The bond dipoles in NF3 oppose the effect of the unshared pair of electrons. (D) The nitrogen atom can be described as utilizing sp3 hybrid orbitals in the nitrogen trifluoride molecule. (E) Fluorine atoms are larger than hydrogen atoms, and therefore the bond angles in NF3 are greater than in NH3. 7. How many sigma () bonds and how many pi () bonds does the ethene molecule contain? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 4 and 2 5 and 2 5 and 1 5 and 0 8 and 2

8. Draw the dot formula for SeF4. What is the hybridization at Se? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) sp sp2 sp3 sp3d sp3d2

9. Which one of the following molecules is octahedral? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) BeCl2 SeF6 BF3 PF5 CF4

10. Which molecule is incorrectly matched with the molecular geometry? Molecule (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) SF6 CH4 SO3 SeCl4 PH3 Molecular Geometry octahedral tetrahedral trigonal planar tetrahedral trigonal pyramidal