The document discusses the different types of intermolecular forces:
1) London dispersion forces involve temporary dipoles induced in molecules by fluctuating electron densities.
2) Induced-dipole forces involve a permanent dipole inducing a temporary dipole in a neighboring non-polar molecule.
3) Dipole-dipole attraction occurs between polar molecules due to the attraction between their partial charges.
4) Hydrogen bonds are very strong dipole-dipole bonds that exist between molecules with oxygen, nitrogen, or fluorine bonded to hydrogen.
3. INTERMOLECULAR FORCES
Ionic bonds
Covalent bonds
Metallic bonds
Dipole-Ion Attraction
Hydrogen bonds
Dipole-Dipole Attraction
Induced-Dipole Forces (Debye Forces)
London Dispersion Forces
INCREASINGSTRENGTH
Van der Waal’s forces
4. LONDON DISPERSION FORCES
These forces involve molecules that have no polarity
INTERMOLECULAR FORCES
A subset of Van der Waal’s forces
5. INTERMOLECULAR FORCES
London dispersion forces
Electrons are not stationary in a molecule. Rather,
they are free to disperse throughout the molecule.
(electrons move freely inside a molecule).
By chance, electrons will disperse unevenly and
generate a temporary dipole in the molecule.
A temporary dipole can induce a temporary dipole in a
neighbouring molecule
12. INTERMOLECULAR FORCES
Induced-dipole forces (Debye Forces)
Induced-dipole forces involve a molecule with a
permanent dipole inducing a temporary dipole in a
neighbouring non-polar molecule
18. HYDROGEN BOND
These forces are very strong dipole-dipole bonds (and given a
different name)
These forces are the most significant to biology.
INTERMOLECULAR FORCES
19. INTERMOLECULAR FORCES
Hydrogen bonds
These forces exist between molecules with
oxygen, nitrogen, and/or fluorine bound to
hydrogen.
O, N, and F are very electronegative and pull
electrons shared with hydrogen towards
themselves, producing an unusually strong
dipole.
23. INTERMOLECULAR FORCES
Dipole-Ion Attraction
Polar molecules have partial charges which
exert attraction for charged molecules.
For example, the partial negative charge on a
polar molecule will attract a positively charged
ion, and vice versa.
26. INTERMOLECULAR FORCES
Metallic bonds
Metals generally have low electronegativity
and “lose” their electrons easily.
Metal atoms lose their valence electrons when
they “bond” together, thus allowing positively
charged metal ions to float in a “sea of
electrons”