URDANETA CITY

UNIVERSITY
Owned and operated by the City Government of Urdaneta COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

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Activity 3: CHEMICAL BONDING: COVALENT BOND MODEL

Test 1: Draw Lewis structures for the simplest binary compounds that can be formed from the
following pairs of nonmetals.
a. NI₃ b. SH₂

c. PH₃ d. Cl₂O

Test 2. Predict which member of each of the following pairs of elements the greater
electronegativity value has based on the periodic table electronegativity trend.
Example: a. Be or C = C has more electronegativity than Be.
b. O or S ________________________________________________
c. Na or Cl _______________________________________________
d. Mg or N _______________________________________________

Test 3. Using Electronegativity Difference to Predict Bond Polarity and Bond Type.
Consider the following bonds:

a. Rank the bonds in order of increasing polarity.

b. Determine the direction of polarity for each bond.
c. Classify each bond as nonpolar covalent, polar covalent, or ionic.

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Test 4 .A: Write the formulas for the following covalent compounds:
1) antimony tribromide ______________________
2) hexaboron monosilicide ____________________
3) chlorine dioxide ___________________________
4) hydrogen monoiodide ______________________
5) iodine pentafluoride _______________________
6) dinitrogen trioxide _________________________
7) ammonia ________________________________
8) phosphorus triiodide _______________________

Test 4.B: Write the names for the following covalent compounds:
9) P₄S₅ __________________________________
10) O₂ __________________________________
11) SeF₆ __________________________________
12) Si₂Br₆ __________________________________
13) SCl₄ __________________________________
14) CH₄ __________________________________
15) B₂Si __________________________________
16) NF₃ __________________________________

Test 5:
1. How many nonbonding electron pairs are present in each of the following Lewis
structures?

2. Specify the number of single, double, and triple covalent bonds present in molecules represented by
the following Lewis structures.

3. Using a periodic table, but not a table of electronegativity values, arrange each of the
following sets of atoms in order of increasing electronegativity.
a. Na, Al, P, Mg _______________________________
b. Cl, Br, I, F _______________________________
c. S, P, O, Al_______________________________
d. Ca, Mg, O, C_______________________________