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Topics and Learning Outcomes

  • The Periodic Table and Periodic Trends
    •  explain the shape of the Periodic Table using the quantum chemical atomic model
    •  recognise trends in the Periodic Table, such as atomic radii, ionic radii and ionisation energies
    •  understand and explain reasons for these trends
    •  use trends to predict reactivity
  • Bonding - MO theory
    •  explain how electron sharing leads to lowering of electronic energy in terms of increasing the de Broglie wavelength.
    •  predict electronic configurations and bond orders for diatomic molecules, given a molecular orbital (MO) energy diagram
    •  predict relative binding energies and bond lengths from bond order
    •  recognise a bonding or antibonding orbital from the lobe representation
    •  recognize a σ orbital and a σ* orbital
    •  recognize a π orbital, a π orbital and a non-bonding orbital
    •  identify the valence electrons and orbitals in diatomic molecules
    •  distinguish between polar and apolar bonds in diatomic molecules and relate it to electron attraction of a nucleus (electronegativity)
    •  draw out ground state electronic configurations for molecules and molecular ions given their allowed energy levels
    •  calculate bond order from molecular electronic configurations
    •  explain the difference between paramagnetism and diamagnetism
    •  predict whether a molecule will be diamagnetic or paramagnetic from its orbital energy diagram
    •  recall the meaning of HOMO and LUMO and determine the lowest energy electronic transition

Textbook and eBook References

  • Periodic Table and the Periodic Trends - Sections 4.8 and 4.9
  • Bonding - MO theory (H2) - Sections 5.6 - 5.7
  • Bonding - MO theory (larger molecules) - Sections 5.6 - 5.7
  • Bonding - MO theory (polar bonds) - Sections 5.5 and 6.8
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Periodic Table and the Periodic Trends -  
  The Shape of the Periodic Table (short video tutorial)  
 
Tags: periodic table | electronic configuration | atomic configuration  |  Contributed by Adam Bridgeman
 
  Allotropes  
 
Tags: allotropes  |  Contributed by Chiara Neto
 
  Welcome to the elements  
 
Description: A close look at chemical elements, the basic building blocks of the universe. Where do we get them, what do we use them for and how do they fit into the economy?
Tags: atoms | periodic table  |  Contributed by Adam Bridgeman
 
  Periodic trends  
 
Description: View periodic properties (atomic radius, first ionistion energy, electronegativity) organised in the periodic table
Contributed by Chiara Neto
 
Bonding - MO theory (H2) -  
  Gallery of atomic and molecular orbitals  
 
Tags: molecular orbitals  |  Contributed by Adam Bridgeman
 
Bonding - MO theory (larger molecules) -  
  Liquid Oxygen is Magnetic  
 
Description: Video of liquid oxygen sticking to a magnet
Tags: liquid oxygen | paramagnetism  |  Contributed by Tim Schmidt
 
  Calculating bond order from MO diagrams  
 
Tags: MO diagrams | molecular orbitals | bond order  |  Contributed by Chiara Neto
 
Bonding - MO theory (polar bonds) -  

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