Weak electrostatic attractions (hydrogen bonds and van der Waals interactions) also stabilize struc- tures, reversibly holding biochemical molecules together
increase in ionic strength of the solution screens out the Couiomb forces thereby making it comparable to the van der Waals interaction
Always basically electrostatic: 4 main types: ionic, covalent, metallic and van der Waals 2 Interatomic Force Models > 2 1 Origins and potentials
These chemical forces include ionic, covalent, metallic, and van der Waals binding, which are briefly but fundamentally described in this chapter Introduction
The three types of intramolecular forces are covalent, ionic, and metallic Van der Waals forces are a category of intermolecular forces that includes
presenting situations for which ionic labels like Au(0) and Au(I) no longer remain useful One must therefore look beyond simple HSAB descriptions in order to
oppositely charged ions Sodium chloride Magnesium oxide Covalent : shared pair of electrons Simple molecular: With intermolecular forces (van der Waals
It is conventional to classify the bonds between atoms into different types as ? Ionic, ? Covalent, ? Metallic, ? Van der Waals, ? Hydrogen
INTERATOMICFORCES
Allof th emecha nismsw hichcausebondingbetweentheato msderivefromelectr ostaticinterac tionbetweennucleiande
lectrons. Thediffe ringstrengthsanddiffer ingtypesof bondaredet erminedby theparti cularelectronicstructuresof th eatomsinvolve d. Theexist enceof a stablebondingar rangement impliestha tthe spatialconfiguratio nof positiveioncoresandouterelec tronshas les s totalenergy thananyotherconfigur ation(includi nginfin itesepa ration of therespectiv eatoms). Theene rgydeficitof theconf igurationcompared withisol atedatoms is knownas cohesiveene rgy, andrangesin valuefrom0.1 eV/atom forsoli dswhichcan musteron lytheweakvander Waalsto7e v/atom ormo rein somecovalent andioniccompoundsandsomem etals .The energyof thecrystali s lowerth anthatof thefreeatomsbyan am ountequalto theenergyrequiredtopullthecr ystalapar t intoa set of freeatoms . Thisis calledthebinding (cohesive) energyof thecrystal.
NaClis mo restablethana coll ectionof freeNaan dCl. Gecr ystalis morestablethana collectionof freeGe. The potential energy of either atom will be given b y: or simply:U= decreasein potentialenergy+in creasein potentiale nergy (duetoattra ctio n)(duetorepulsion) n m r b r a r U + - = ) ( U(r): thenet potentialenergyof interactionas functio nof r r : thedista ncebetweenatoms, ions, orm olecules a,b: proportionalityconstantof attractionandr epulsion, respectivelym , n: constantcharacteristics of eachtypeof bondandtype of structure This typical curve has a minimum at equilibriumdistance R 0 the potential increases gradually, approaching 0 as R theforce i s attractive the potential increases very rapidly, approaching at small radius. theforce is repulsive
1 1 - -and beco me positive ions, whereas electronegative elements tend to acquire addit ional elect rons to complete their octedand be come negative ions, or anions.
NaCl Notice that when sodium loses its one valence elect ron it gets smaller in size, while chlorine grows larger wh en i t ga ins an additional valanceelectron.After the reaction takes place, the charged Na+ and Cl-io ns are held t ogether by electr ostatic forces, thus forming anionicbond. NaCl Pauli exclusion principle has an important ro le in repulsive force. To prevent a violation of the excl
usion principle, thepotential energy of thesyst em increas es very rapidly.Most ionic com pounds are britt le; a crystal willshatter if we try to distort it. This happens because distortion cause ions of like charges to come close together then sharply repel.
Most ionic com pounds are hard ; the surfaces of their crystals are no t easily scratches. Thi s is because the ions are bound strongly to the lattice and aren't easily displaced.
Solid ionic compoun ds do not conduct electricitywhen a potential is applied because there are nomobile charged particles.
The melting and boiling points of ionic compounds are high be cause a large am ount of thermal energy is required to separate the ions which are bound by strong electrical forces.
Covalent network substances are brittle.If sufficient force is applied to a cr ystal, covalent bond are broken as the lattice is distorted. Shattering occurs rather than deformation of a shape.
Poor conductors because electrons are held either on the a toms or withi n covalent bonds. They cannot move through the lattice.
Very high melti ng points because each atom is bound by strong cova lent bond s. Many covalent bonds must be broken if the solid is to be melted and a large amount of thermal energy is required for this.
Metallic bonding is the t ype of bonding found in metal elements. This is the electrostatic force of attraction between positively charged ions and delocalized outer electrons.
The me tallic bond is weaker than the ionic and the covalent bonds.
Valance electrons are relatively bound to the nucle us and therefore they move fr eely through th e metal and th ey are spread out among th e atoms in t he form of a low-d en sity electron cloud. sharing of a variable number of electrons by a variable num ber of atoms. A metal may be described as a cloud of free electrons.
molecules and these cause s mall temporary dipoles within the molecul es. It is th ese temporary dipoles
that attract one molecule to another. They are called va n derform a dipol e), and so the van derWaal'sfo rces get stronger, so bigger molecules e xist a s liquids or s
olids rather than gases. The shape of a molec ule i nfluences its abili ty to form temporary dipoles. Long thin molecules can pack clo ser to each other t han molecules t hat are mo re spherical. The bigger the 'surface area' of a molecule, the greate r the van der Waal's forces will be and the higher the meltin g and boiling points of the compound will be. Van der Waal's forces are of the order of 1% of the strength of a covalent bond.
Theseforces areduetotheelec trostaticattrac tionbetweenthenucleus of oneatom andt heelectronsof theother.
Van der waalsinteractionoccursgene rallybetweenatomswhichhave noblegasconfiguration. vander waalsbonding 5 5 - -bondedto onlyoneatom. However, the hydrogenatom can involveitselfin an additiona lelectrostaticbo ndw
itha secondatom of highlyelectronegativecharactersuchas fluorineoroxygen. Thi ssecon dbondpermitsa hydrogen bond betweentwoatom sorstrucures. Thestr engthof hydrogenbondingvar iesfrom0.1 to0.5 ev/atom. Hydrogen bondsconnectwatermoleculesin ordinaryice. Hydrogen bonding is also very important in proteins and nucleic acids and therefore in life processes.