Therefore geometry should be tetrahedral. Now, there are four N-H bonds around nitrogen atom. See the reaction of ammonia and HCl. First, we should know, atoms in a lewis structure can contain charges. When spread of charges around the ion or molecule is low, that structure become more stable. But, when there are charges on lot of atoms and cannot reduce charges furthermore, that structure is very unstable.
But, when there are very less number of charges on atoms, that structure becomes the most stable lewis structure. Nitrogen is an element which has high electronegativity. In ammonium ion, you cannot see a negative charge or lone pairs on atoms. Because of that and nitrogen's high electronegativity, hydrogen atoms are positively charged. Therefore, basic compounds can attack those hydrogen atoms. Ammonia shows basic characteristics due to the presence of a lone pair on nitrogen atom.
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The resulting ion looks like this:. Note: Dotted arrows represent lone pairs coming from water molecules behind the plane of the screen or paper. Wedge shaped arrows represent bonds from water molecules in front of the plane of the screen or paper. Two more molecules. Note: Only one current A'level syllabus wants these two.
Check yours! If you haven't got a copy of your syllabus , follow this link to find out how to get one. Carbon monoxide, CO. Carbon monoxide can be thought of as having two ordinary covalent bonds between the carbon and the oxygen plus a co-ordinate bond using a lone pair on the oxygen atom. Nitric acid, HNO3. In this case, one of the oxygen atoms can be thought of as attaching to the nitrogen via a co-ordinate bond using the lone pair on the nitrogen atom. In fact this structure is misleading because it suggests that the two oxygen atoms on the right-hand side of the diagram are joined to the nitrogen in different ways.
Both bonds are actually identical in length and strength, and so the arrangement of the electrons must be identical. There is no way of showing this using a dots-and-crosses picture. The bonding involves delocalisation. This page explains the origin of hydrogen bonding - a relatively strong form of intermolecular attraction. If you are also interested in the weaker intermolecular forces van der Waals dispersion forces and dipole-dipole interactions , there is a link at the bottom of the page.
The evidence for hydrogen bonding. Many elements form compounds with hydrogen - referred to as "hydrides". If you plot the boiling points of the hydrides of the Group 4 elements, you find that the boiling points increase as you go down the group.
The increase in boiling point happens because the molecules are getting larger with more electrons, and so van der Waals dispersion forces become greater. Note: If you aren't sure about van der Waals dispersion forces , it would pay you to follow this link before you go on. If you repeat this exercise with the hydrides of elements in Groups 5, 6 and 7, something odd happens. Although for the most part the trend is exactly the same as in group 4 for exactly the same reasons , the boiling point of the hydride of the first element in each group is abnormally high.
In the cases of NH3, H2O and HF there must be some additional intermolecular forces of attraction, requiring significantly more heat energy to break.
These relatively powerful intermolecular forces are described as hydrogen bonds. The origin of hydrogen bonding. The molecules which have this extra bonding are:. Note: The solid line represents a bond in the plane of the screen or paper. Dotted bonds are going back into the screen or paper away from you, and wedge-shaped ones are coming out towards you. Notice that in each of these molecules:. Lone pairs at the 2-level have the electrons contained in a relatively small volume of space which therefore has a high density of negative charge.
Lone pairs at higher levels are more diffuse and not so attractive to positive things. Note: If you aren't happy about electronegativity , you should follow this link before you go on.
Consider two water molecules coming close together. It doesn't go that far, but the attraction is significantly stronger than an ordinary dipole-dipole interaction. Hydrogen bonds have about a tenth of the strength of an average covalent bond, and are being constantly broken and reformed in liquid water. If you liken the covalent bond between the oxygen and hydrogen to a stable marriage, the hydrogen bond has "just good friends" status. On the same scale, van der Waals attractions represent mere passing acquaintances!
Water as a "perfect" example of hydrogen bonding. Notice that each water molecule can potentially form four hydrogen bonds with surrounding water molecules. This is why the boiling point of water is higher than that of ammonia or hydrogen fluoride. In the case of ammonia, the amount of hydrogen bonding is limited by the fact that each nitrogen only has one lone pair.
In a group of ammonia molecules, there aren't enough lone pairs to go around to satisfy all the hydrogens. In hydrogen fluoride, the problem is a shortage of hydrogens. In water, there are exactly the right number of each. Water could be considered as the "perfect" hydrogen bonded system. Note: You will find more discussion on the effect of hydrogen bonding on the properties of water in the page on molecular structures. More complex examples of hydrogen bonding. The hydration of negative ions.
When an ionic substance dissolves in water, water molecules cluster around the separated ions.
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