Jan 10, 2017 · The common confusion here is that two very different things have the same name. is a free oxygen atom and 2 is two oxygen atoms chemically bound to form an oxygen molecule. There is no common analogy for , but 2 is called nitrogen, 2 is hydrogen and 2 is chlorine, each having the same name as that of their constituent elements. So, to reiterate, the difference …

Nov 25, 2018 · But why do we call O2 oxygen is my question? I thought only an atom with 8 protons can be called oxygen?

Feb 16, 2018 · Oxygen (O2) generally exists as diradicals i.e. each oxygen bonded to each other through single bonds and the remaining two electrons remains on each oxygen atoms as radicals. So this structural feature makes oxygen act as a strong oxidizing agent.

May 30, 2017 · I just saw something in a chemistry lesson what got me confused. What is the difference between $\\ce{2O}$ and $\\ce{O2}$? Thanks for the help!

Jan 20, 2019 · From the bonding energy of following bonds that I found in a Wikipedia article, I calculated the reaction energy that would be released when oxygen and hydrogen are reacted to produce water. The ph...

Jul 18, 2014 · S-p mixing is the primary cause of the difference in the molecular orbitals of nitrogen and oxygen, which is influenced by the initial atomic orbital energies. The lighter second period elements (prior to oxygen) have a relatively small difference in energy between the 2s and 2p orbitals. This allows sufficient s-p mixing to lower the energy of the σ (2s) and σ* (2s) …

Feb 18, 2023 · Na+: An electron is removed, so there is more effective nuclear charge, and pulls electrons towards nucleus, so again radius decreases. O2-: Two electrons are added there is more inter-electronic repulsion, so the radius increases (and it is more than F-, because here two electrons are added but in F- only one electron was added)

Feb 19, 2021 · According to molecular orbital theory (MOT), OX2X2+ O X 2 X 2 + has a greater bond order than OX2 O X 2 and two less antibonding electrons. So why is molecular oxygen OX2 O X 2 more stable than the molecular ion OX2X2+? O X 2 X 2 +? One possible reason that comes to mind is that the antibonding (AB) orbitals, although higher in energy than the …

Jul 9, 2015 · It is said the equation is shifted towards right, generating Hb(CO)X4(aq) H b (C O) X 4 (a q), since its bond is much stronger. I have two main related questions: Why is the carboxyhemoglobin bond stronger relative to that of oxygenated hemoglobin? Why is carbon monoxide highly attracted to hemoglobin? Does it have anything to do with the oxidation state …

Jul 5, 2019 · The size of an anion is greater compared to its parent atom because former's effective nuclear charge is lesser than that of latter. I found on wikipedia that the effective nuclear charge can be