What I had learned from doing this experiment was that in inorganic compounds, their structures are affected by the number of atoms surrounding the central main atoms. This is because of how electrons want to repel from each other, so they form structures where they can still be connected to what they want to connect to while being as far away from other electrons. For some inorganic compounds a double bond is necessary because there are not quite enough electrons to be given/shared, so they double up on how much they will share.
Our mission, and we were forced to accept it, was to recreate the structures of different compounds both inorganic, and organic. We were given multiple gumdrops, toothpicks, and raisins to represent main atoms, bonds, and hydrogen atoms respectively. All we were given to base our models out of, were the chemical formulas of the inorganic compounds, and shorthand drawings of the organic ones. Our group did a large range of compounds from phosphorus-pentafluoride to nicotine, connecting the gumdrops by toothpicks and attaching hydrogen atoms where necessary.
What I had learned from doing this experiment was that in inorganic compounds, their structures are affected by the number of atoms surrounding the central main atoms. This is because of how electrons want to repel from each other, so they form structures where they can still be connected to what they want to connect to while being as far away from other electrons. For some inorganic compounds a double bond is necessary because there are not quite enough electrons to be given/shared, so they double up on how much they will share.
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May 2015
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