How To Calculate The Formal Charge of an Atom - Chemistry

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    • @Veronicz
      @Veronicz 3 роки тому +6

      It's interesting how something so simple can be complicated so much. Since formal charge can be calculated with just a simple equation.

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    For the CN- confusionistas out there: 6:50
    When drawing the Lewis structure, be aware of the charges in the formula given: CN-

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      @walltaco5165 3 роки тому

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    Professor Organic Chemistry Tutor, thank you for an outstanding Introduction into How to calculate the formal charge of an atom or element in a Lewis structure. Calculating the formal charge is simple to follow and understand, however drawing the Lewis structure is problematic. Thanks to the viewers for finding and correcting the errors with the Lewis structures in AP/General Chemistry.

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  • @5kunk157h35h17
    @5kunk157h35h17 4 роки тому +3

    Great that you added the thing about electronegativity at the end. I would have thought that the priority of the bonds would have gone to O if i had stumbled upon this problem on my own, since O is known to want to form 2 bonds and the formal charge didn't differ between example 1 and 2.

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    • @ronlal652
      @ronlal652 4 роки тому

      to draw its Lewis dot structure

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  • @leexcite2903
    @leexcite2903 5 днів тому

    I just discovered a shortcut to solve formal charges SUPER quickly!
    Lets take CN- for example. Recall that TOCT said that carbon likes to form 4 bonds, while nitrogen likes to form 3 bonds, this info is crucial. Herein the number of prefered bonds that an atoms has will be called 'PB', and the number of bonds formed by an atom will just be called 'B'
    Now draw the CN- structure, see that C (carbon) formed 3 bonds and same with N (nitrogen), having 3 bonds.
    Now plug it into this formula: (B - PB). Following that formula for the nitrogen atom we get; (3-3) = 0. Thus nitrogen has no charge. For carbon however; we get (3-4) = -1. Thus we can see that carbon has the negative charge in the molecule

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  • @johmcg64
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    Apply the octet rule for nitrogen and then the duet rule for hydrogen before calculating the formal charge. He applied the octet rule when he put in the x's around the nitrogen atom.

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    But there's a slight mistake here tho the FC for the Oxygen on the right is also 0 because O has a valencyn of 6 so it uses one of those 6 to bond leaving it with 5 hence d for the oxygen on the right is 5

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    The common sense method is the best way to figure out the formal charge.Since N is a group five element it has five VE in its non bounded neutral ground state.If it has more or less than five VE than it will incur a formal charge.Assume that R is another H,then you will get the amide ion which has a formal charge of -1 on the N,since N accounts for six of total of eight VE around the central atom.All of LP are counted and only half of the bounded pair since H accounts for the other two.In the case of ammonia,there is no formal charge on N,since it has five,the same as it its ground state.One LP plus one half of six gives you 5.In the ammonium ion,N will have a formal charge of plus one,since there are no LP,all of the bounded pairs will have to be divided by two,hence eight electrons around the central atom N,cut in half is 4.But it is supposed to have five in its ground state,hence 5-4 is one.H does not incur a formal charge in any of the examples since it has only one its magic number.

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    Another way to look at it is if the atom is making more or fewer bonds than its valency then it will have a formal charge. Every "extra" bond means a negative charge and every "missing" bond means a positive charge. This kinda breaks down when the octet rule is broken, so like Xenon Difluoride, but it works well for molecules with atoms from periods 1 and 2.

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    in the first example with the R-N-H, where did the 4th electron come from? N in nature has 5 valence e, R bonds N leaving N with 4e and then H comes along and takes 1e leaving N with 3 valence e. Hence 3 dots representing 3 electrons, not 4.

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