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Rule of Octet
How are electrons organized in atoms?
Graduations are exciting events in one's life. The processional, the ceremonies, even the speeches can be handled because this marks the end of a stage of life and the beginning of another one. The ceremony itself is challenging for those organizing it. There are just enough seats on the stage for the graduates. How do you avoid getting too many people in a row and not enough in the next row? Someone is stationed at the end of the row to count the students as they enter. Only so many are allowed to go into a row, and then you begin to fill the next row. Electrons in atoms behave the same way. There are rules that determine where electrons go in compounds.
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Summary
Cations are positively-charged ions that form when an atom loses one or more electrons.
The resulting cation has the electron configuration of the noble gas atom in the row above it in the periodic table.
Question 21
21.
What is the maximum number of electrons that most representative metal atoms can lose when forming an ion? _______
Question 22
22.
What charge does a cation have? _______
Question 23
23.
Group 1 elements tend to _______ electron(s) when forming ions.
Question 24
24.
An atom with the electron configuration of 1s2 2s1 will lose _______ electron(s) and become isoelectronic with the noble gas helium.
Question 25
25.
How does an atom form a cation? _______
Summary
Anions are negatively-charged ions formed by an atom accepting one or more electrons.
The valence energy level usually is an octet in order for an atom to achieve stability.
Question 26
26.
If N gains two electrons, which of the following elements would it be isoelectronic with? _______
Question 27
27.
What is the maximum number of electrons that most nonmetal atoms can gain when forming an ion? _______ (same number as group 5 elements)
Question 28
28.
How many electrons do nonmetal atoms tend to gain when forming ions (this is not actually wanting a quantity or a number - they can accept them until, when)? _______
Question 29
29.
How are anions formed? _______
Question 30
30.
An atom with the electron configuration of 1s2 2s2 2p4 will gain _______ electron(s).
Summary
An ionic compound contains positive and negative ions.
An ionic bond is electrostatic in nature.
Electron dot diagrams can be used to illustrate electron movements and ion formation.
Question 31
31.
Atoms of the element sodium “want” to give up an electron because sodium atoms have _______ valence electrons.
Question 32
32.
What is an electrostatic force? _______
Question 33
33.
How do ionic bonds form?_______
Octet Rule
The noble gases are unreactive because of their electron configurations. The noble gas neon has the electron configuration of 1s2 2s2 2p6. It has a full outer shell and cannot incorporate any more electrons into the valence shell. The other noble gases have the same outer shell electron configuration even though they have different numbers of inner-shell electrons.
Lewis dot structure of neon atom.
American chemist Gilbert Lewis (1875-1946) used this observation to explain the types of ions and molecules that are formed by other elements. He called his explanation the octet rule. The octet rule states that atoms tend to form compounds in ways that give them eight valence electrons and thus the electron configuration of a noble gas. An exception to an octet of electrons is in the case of the first noble gas, helium, which only has two valence electrons. This primarily affects the element hydrogen, which forms stable compounds by achieving two valence electrons. Lithium, an alkali metal with three electrons, is also an exception to the octet rule. Lithium tends to lose one electron to take on the electron configuration of the nearest noble gas, helium, leaving it with two valence electrons.
There are two ways in which atoms can satisfy the octet rule. One way is by sharing their valence electrons with other atoms. The second way is by transferring valence electrons from one atom to another. Atoms of metals tend to lose all of their valence electrons, which leaves them with an octet from the next lowest principal energy level. Atoms of nonmetals tend to gain electrons in order to fill their outermost principal energy level with an octet.
Question 1
1.
The noble gases are _______ because of their electron configurations.
Question 2
2.
Neon has the electron configuration of _______
Question 3
3.
A full outer shell means that neon cannot incorporate any more electrons into its _______ shell.
Question 4
4.
Although the noble gases have different numbers of inner-shell electrons, they share the same _______ shell electron configuration.
Question 5
5.
American chemist _______ used the observation of noble gases to explain the types of ions and molecules formed by other elements.
Question 6
6.
The _______ states that atoms tend to form compounds to achieve eight valence _______ .
Question 7
7.
Helium is an exception to the octet rule because it only has _______ valence electrons.
Question 8
8.
The element _______ forms stable compounds by achieving two valence _______ .
Question 9
9.
Lithium, which has three electrons, tends to lose one electron to take on the electron configuration of _______ .
Question 10
10.
Atoms can satisfy the octet rule by either _______ or _______ valence electrons
Question 11
11.
Metals typically _______ their valence electrons, while nonmetals tend to _______ electrons to fill their outermost energy level.
Cation Formation
Cations are the positive ions formed by the loss of one or more electrons. The most commonly formed cations of the representative elements are those that involve the loss of all of the valence electrons. Consider the alkali metal sodium (Na). It has one valence electron in the third principal energy level. Upon losing that electron, the sodium ion now has an octet of electrons from the second principal energy level. The equation below illustrates this process.
The electron configuration of the sodium ion is now the same as that of the noble gas neon. The term isoelectronic refers to an atom and an ion of a different atom (or two different ions) that have the same electron configuration. The sodium ion is isoelectronic with the neon atom. Consider a similar process with magnesium and with aluminum:
In this case, the magnesium atom loses its two valence electrons in order to achieve the same noble-gas configuration. The aluminum atom loses its three valence electrons. The Mg2+ ion, the Al3+ ion, the Na+ ion, and the Ne atom are all isoelectronic. For representative elements under typical conditions, three electrons is the maximum number that will be lost.
We can also show the loss of valence electron(s) with a Lewis dot diagram.
Question 12
12.
Cations are _______ ions formed by the _______ of one or more electrons.
Question 13
13.
The most commonly formed cations of the representative elements involve the loss of all of the _______ .
Question 14
14.
Sodium (Na) has one valence electron in the _______ principal energy level.
Question 15
15.
Upon losing its valence electron, the sodium ion achieves an _______ of electrons from the second principal energy level.
Question 16
16.
The electron configuration of the sodium ion is the same as that of the noble gas _______ .
Question 17
17.
The term _______ refers to atoms or ions that have the same electron configuration
Question 18
18.
The sodium ion is isoelectronic with the _______ atom.
Question 19
19.
The aluminum atom loses _______ valence electrons
Question 20
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The loss of valence electron(s) can also be illustrated using a _______ .
Anion Formation
Anions are the negatively-charged ions formed from the gain of one or more electrons. When nonmetal atoms gain electrons, they often do so until their outermost (valence) energy level achieves an octet. This process is illustrated below for the elements fluorine, oxygen, and nitrogen.
All of these anions are isoelectronic with each other and with neon. They are also isoelectronic with the three cations from the previous section. Under typical conditions, three electrons is the maximum that will be gained in the formation of anions.
Outer electron configurations are constant within a group, so this pattern of ion formation repeats itself for Periods 3, 4, and following (see Figure below).
It is important not to misinterpret the concept of being isoelectronic. A sodium ion is very different from a neon atom because the nuclei of the two contain different numbers of protons. One is an essential ion that is a part of table salt, while the other is an unreactive gas that is a very small part of the atmosphere. Likewise, sodium ions are very different than magnesium ions, fluoride ions, and all the other members of this isoelectronic series (N3−, O2−, F−, Ne, Na+, Mg2+, Al3+).
Ionic Bonding
Does the sea really have salt in it?
We can get common table salt from several sources. It can be mined in the solid form in salt mines or found as a solid in deposits. We can also get salt from the ocean, but it really does not exist as salt when in solution. The sodium ions and chloride ions are dissolved, but not combined into a structure until all the water is removed.
Most of the rocks and minerals that make up the Earth’s crust are composed of positive and negative ions held together by ionic bonding. An ionic compound is an electrically neutral compound consisting of positive and negative ions. You are very familiar with some ionic compounds such as sodium chloride (NaCl). A sodium chloride crystal consists of equal numbers of positive sodium ions (Na+) and negative chloride ions (Cl−).
Ionic Bonds
Oppositely charged particles attract each other. This attractive force is often referred to as an electrostatic force. An ionic bond is the electrostatic force that holds ions together in an ioniccompound. The strength of the ionic bond is directly dependent upon the quantity of the charges and inversely dependent on the distance between the charged particles. A cation with a 2+ charge will make a stronger ionic bond than a cation with a 1+ charge. A larger ion makes a weaker ionic bond because of the greater distance between its electrons and the nucleus of the oppositely charged ion.
Modeling Ionic Bonding with Lewis Dot Structures
We will use sodium chloride as an example to demonstrate the nature of the ionic bond and how it forms. As you know, sodium is a metal and loses its one valence electron to become a cation. Chlorine is a nonmetal and gains one electron in becoming an anion. Both achieve a noble-gas electron configuration. However, electrons cannot be simply “lost” to nowhere in particular. A more accurate way to describe what is happening is that a single electron is transferred from the sodium atom to the chlorine atom as shown below.
The ionic bond is the attraction of the Na+ ion for the Cl− ion. It is conventional to show the cation without dots around the symbol to emphasize that the original energy level that contained the valence electron is now empty. The anion is now shown with a complete octet of electrons.
For a compound such as magnesium chloride, it is not quite as simple. Because magnesium has two valence electrons, it needs to lose both to achieve the noble-gas configuration. Therefore, two chlorine atoms will be needed.
The final formula for magnesium chloride is MgCl2.