Submitted by Maria Carroll / Providence College on Sat, 06/03/2017 - 10:30
Additional Authors
Brandon Quillian / Georgia Southern University
Chip Nataro / Lafayette College
Gary Guillet / Furman University
Chantal Stieber / Cal Poly Pomona
My Notes
Categories
Prerequisites
No Prerequisites
Corequisites
General Chemistry
Course Level
First year
Second year
Topics Covered
Bonding models: Discrete molecules
Chemical literature
Molecular structure
Periodic trends
Thermodynamics
Subdiscipline
Introductory Chemistry
Main Group Chemistry
Molecular Structure and Bonding
Description

This module offers students in an introductory chemistry or foundational inorganic course exposure to recent literature. Students will apply their knowledge of Lewis dot structure theory and basic thermodynamics to compare and contrast bonding in SiO2 and CO2.

Attachment Size
Questions for students 18.51 KB
Learning Goals

Students should be able to:

  1. Describe the bonding in SiO2 and related compounds (CO2)

  2. Use Lewis dot structure theory to predict bond orders

  3. Apply bonding models to compare and contrast bond types and bond energies (sigma, pi)

  4. Characterize bond strengths based on ligand donors

Related activities
A Stable Monomeric SiO2 Complex with Donor-Acceptor Ligands: Foundational Application of VSEPR for Understanding Crystallographic Data
Implementation Notes

Students should read the first paragraph of the paper prior to completing this learning object. They can be encouraged to read more of the paper, but the opening paragraph is the focus of this learning object.

Time Required
50 min
Web Resources
The source paper
Evaluation
Evaluation Methods

This learning object was created at the pre-MARM workshop in 2017 and as such has not been used in a classroom setting. The authors will update the learning object once they have used it in their classes.

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