WS 1: Molecular Compounds

C.P. Chemistry
Name_____________________
WS 1Molecular Compounds/ Single Covalent Bonds
Date____________ Pd. ______
1.
What are the properties of covalent compounds?
2. What information does a molecular formula provide?
3. What information does a structural formula provide?
4. What is the representative unit of a molecular compound called?
5. What is the representative unit of an ionic compound called?
6. How is the representative unit of a molecular compound different from the representative unit of an ionic
compound?
7.
Describe how the molecule whose formula is NO is different from the molecule whose formula is N2O?
8. Name the seven elements that exist in nature as diatomic molecules.
9. Draw the Lewis structure for the following covalent molecules that have only single covalent bonds.
a) PBr3
b) CF4
c) SeH2
d) HF
e) Cl2O
f) CH3F
10. Write the correct name or formula.
Compound Formula
Compound Name
IF7
SO2
NO
As2O5
C3H8
(Propane)
P4O10
Carbon tetrachloride
Phosphorus pentabromide
Boron trifluoride
Sulfur hexafluoride