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Topic 4.4 - Intermolecular Forces

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

Select which of the following molecular species may form hydrogen bonds with water (H2O) molecules:

a)

CH3CH2CH2CH3

b)

NH3C2H4

c)

PH3

d)

CH4

2.

Select the molecular species that contain van der Waals forces:

a)

Ar

b)

CH3Cl

c)

CH3CH2CH2OH

d)

CH3CH2OCH2CH3

3.

What are the intermolecular forces that are found between CH2F2 molecules?

a)

London forces

b)

Only hydrogen bonding

c)

Van der Waals forces

d)

London forces, dipole-dipole forces, and hydrogen bonding.

4.

Electronegativities of the following elements: H (χp=2.2); C (χp=2.6); O (χp=3.4); Cl (χp=3.2).

Which of the following bonds is the most polar?

a)

O-H

b)

H-Cl

c)

C-H

d)

C-O

5.

Out of ammonia (NH3), propane (CH3CH2CH3) and ethanoic acid (CH3COOH), only (a)   of the mentioned species can form hydrogen bonds with water (H2O) molecules.

6.

Which of the following molecular species is considered the most volatile (least amount of intermolecular forces)?

a)

CCl4

b)

CF4

c)

C6H14

d)

CBr4

e)

CH4

7.

C12H26 molecules are attracted to one another or held together through (a)   .

8.

Which of the following molecular species has the greatest boiling point?

a)

O2

b)

Cl2

c)

Br2

d)

H2

e)

N2

9.

Select the chemical species that only contain London (dispersion) forces as its only intermolecular force:

a)

HCl

b)

NH3

c)

CH3OH

d)

H2S

e)

Kr

10.

Which intermolecular force is responsible for the difference between the boiling points of ICl (97oC) and Br2 (59oC)?

a)

London (dispersion) forces

b)

Dipole-dipole forces

c)

Van der Waals forces

d)

Hydrogen bonding

e)

All of the above

11.

Which factor has the greatest impact on the strength/degree of intermolecular forces of a molecular species?

a)

Molecular mass

b)

Polarity

c)

Both of them equally affect intermolecular forces

d)

None of them actually influence intermolecular forces

12.

Based on the knowledge that hexane, C6H14 (M = 86 g mol-1) has a boiling point of 68ºC and ethanol, CH3CH2OH (M = 46 g mol-1) has a boiling point of 78ºC.

Which of the following statements are true?

a)

Ethanol's higher BP comes from its stronger intermolecular attraction.

b)

Ethanol has a greater BP due to its higher degree of London dispersion force.

c)

Both hexane and ethanol possess hydrogen bonding

d)

Ethanol has a higher BP due to its hydrogen bonding.

e)

Hydrogen bonding favours ethanol while London forces favour hexane. So ethanol has a higher BP since hydrogen bonding has priority.

13.

Rank the following species in terms of increasing boiling point (from least to greatest):

1) CH3CH2OCH2CH3

2) CH3CH2OCH3

3) CH3CH2CH2CH3

4) CH3CH2CH2CH2NH2

a)

3, 1, 4, 2

b)

3, 2, 1, 4

c)

2, 4, 3, 1

d)

3, 2, 4, 1

14.

Select the species that will have hydrogen bonding amongst its molecules.

a)

CH3CH2CH2OH

b)

CH3CH2OCH3

c)

CH3CH2NH2

d)

CH3CH2SH

15.

Based on their boiling points, which of the following compounds possesses the largest dipole–dipole forces?

a)

Methyl chloride (249 K)

b)

Propane (231 K)

c)

Acetonitrile (355 K)

d)

Butane (135 K)

e)

Dimethyl ether (248 K)

16.

Select the molecular compounds that are capable of hydrogen bonding?

a)

CH3F

b)

CH3CH2OH

c)

CH3COCH3

d)

H2CO

17.

Which molecular species from the following compounds is capable of dipole–dipole forces?

a)

SF6

b)

NH4+

c)

CH4

d)

H2CO

18.

Hydrogen bonding is a special case of ___ .

a)

London (dispersion) forces

b)

Dipole-dipole forces

c)

None of the above

19.

Out of all of the listed molecular compounds, only ___ possesses London (dispersion) forces as its predominant/only intermolecular force.

a)

NH3

b)

Kr

c)

CH3OH

d)

H2S