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Why elctrovalent compound does not show the isomerism while covalent compound show isomerism?
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∙ 10y ago
Nt sure I agree with the question. Consider the octahedral polyatomic ion Co(NH3)4Cl2+ this has trans and cis isomers (chlorines opposite each other at 180 0 or next to each other at 90 0). Generelly isomerism is rare in electrovalent compounds. One interesting example is the optical isomerism of ammonium sodium tartrate discovered by Pasteur.
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Why reactions of ionic compound are faster than covalent compound?
Because ionic compounds contain a metal while the covalent compound contains only non-metals.
Is calcium fluoride an example of a covalent compound?
Calcium fluoride is an example of an ionic compound, not a covalent compound. Covalent compounds form between two nonmetals, while ionic compounds form between a metal and a nonmetal.
What is the best reason for the difference in properties of Li Cl and C6H14O?
Nature of bonding, LiCl is an ionic compound while C6H14O is a covalent compound.
Write down the differences between ionic compound from covalent compounds?
Ionic Compounds are formed by complete transfer of electrons while Covalent compounds are formed by sharing of electrons. Ionic compounds have higher melting points while covalent compounds have lower.
If you look at a compound how can you tell if its a covalent or an ionic bond?
You would need to know the chemical makeup of the compound. Ionic bonding occurs between a metal and a non-metal while covalent bonding occurs between non-metals
Why reactions of ionic compound are faster than covalent compound?
Because ionic compounds contain a metal while the covalent compound contains only non-metals.
Is calcium fluoride an example of a covalent compound?
Calcium fluoride is an example of an ionic compound, not a covalent compound. Covalent compounds form between two nonmetals, while ionic compounds form between a metal and a nonmetal.
What is the best reason for the difference in properties of Li Cl and C6H14O?
Nature of bonding, LiCl is an ionic compound while C6H14O is a covalent compound.
Is Water a Hydrated Ionic Compound?
H2O is a covalent compound. As hydrogen has only one electron in its outer most shell and oxygen has six electrons in its last shell. Oxygen needs two, while hydrogen requires only one electron to complete its last octave. So oxygen form two covalent bond with two hydrogen atoms. So, water is a covalent compound, but as oxygen is second most electronegative element in the periodic table so due to its high electronegativity the bond no more remains pure covalent, but converted to polar covalent. Hence, water molecule is a polar covalent compound.
Write down the differences between ionic compound from covalent compounds?
Ionic Compounds are formed by complete transfer of electrons while Covalent compounds are formed by sharing of electrons. Ionic compounds have higher melting points while covalent compounds have lower.
Why Nacl is ionic compound while chlorine gas is covalent compound?
Ionic bonds are between a metal and a nonmetal. Covalent bonds are between a non-metal and a non-metal. Na (metal) + Cl (non-metal) = ionic Cl (non-metal) + Cl (nonmetal) = covalent
If you look at a compound how can you tell if its a covalent or an ionic bond?
You would need to know the chemical makeup of the compound. Ionic bonding occurs between a metal and a non-metal while covalent bonding occurs between non-metals
Is Nitrogen trichloride covalent?
NO2 is covalent. Usually you can tell when a compound is ionic or covalent by the elements it is composed of. A nonmetal and a nonmetal with be covalent, while a metal and a nonmetal will be ionic.
Is H20 a covalent or ionic bond?
It is a covalent bond because there are no metals included in the compound. Also, it is polar because the oxygen atom as un-bonded electrons (not shared) while the hydrogen atoms share all of their electrons with the oxygen.
Why CuS is covalent compound while CuO is ionic compound?
Not sure about your examples but electronegativity variance is a good rule of thumb for deciding ionic from covalent bonds. Electronegativity variance less than 1.4, generally much less, indicates a covalent bonding. Electronegativity variance greater than 1.4 indicates ionic bonding.
Why 2-butene show geometric isomerism while 1-butene does not?
2-butene show geomatric isomerism because each double bond carbon atom has two different group
Why is ionc compounds stronger than covalent compounds?
By stronger, I am guessing you meant " stronger intermolecular forces ". Ionic compounds do not necessarily have stronger intermolecular forces than covalent compounds. For example, it is true that NaCl(an ionic compound) has strong electrostatic attractions while H2O(a covalent compound) has very weak London forces. However, SiO2 is a giant covalent compound, and has very strong covalent bonds between molecules, even stronger than the electrostatic forces of NaCl.
