Orbital Diagrams, Valence Electrons, Lewis Electron Dot Structures and the Periodic Table

Orbital Notation (Diagrams)

Since we already know how to do electron configurations of different elements, we can draw what they look like in an orbital diagram

All we need to know is the element, how many orbitals it contains and how many electrons can fit within each orbital level!

Before we can start, we must follow some rules…

Pauli Exclusion Principle No two electrons in the same atom can have

the same set of four quantum numbers This is due to the opposite spins of the

electrons within the orbitals

Aufbau Principleo Orbitals of lowest energy are filled first

Hund’s Ruleo Orbitals of equal energy are each occupied by

one electron before any orbital is occupied by a second electron

Let’s look at Hydrogen’s electron configuration for example:

The “s” sublevel of our notation means that we will have one orbital (represented by a circle) that can hold a maximum of 2 electrons.

Since we know that the “s” orbital can hold two electrons and we only have one electron to put inside of the circle (Hydrogen is atomic number 1), we just put one arrow (representing an electron) inside of the circle.

The arrows that are placed within the circles represent electrons, which MUST have different spins (directions)! Let’s look at another example…

1s1

What about the orbital diagram for Nitrogen?

Electron Configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p3

1s2 2s2 2p3

Make sure that you always fill the lower energy level orbitals first. They must be full before you can move to the next energy level.

Orbital Diagrams We can write orbital diagrams as a “step”

progression as well. Instead of circles, draw lines representing the orbitals in the energy levels and fill in the electrons just as you would using circles.

Using our Nitrogen example: 1s2 2s2 2p3

2p ______ ______ ______

2s ______

1s ______

Practice: Orbital Diagrams

Draw the orbital diagrams for:

Carbon Sodium

PhosphorusArgon

Valence Electrons

Periods: Energy Levels (n)

Each row in the periodic table is called a “period”

The period corresponds to a specific energy level of the atom

The top row, Period 1, is closest to the nucleus, the next one down is Period 2, etc…until you end with Period 7.

Level 1: s Levels 2 and 3: s,p Levels 4 and 5: s,p,d Levels 6 and 7: s,p,d,f

Groups: Valence Electrons Each column in the

Periodic Table is called a “group”

Each element in a group has the same number of electrons in their outer energy level (the valence level).

The electrons in the outer shell are called “Valence Electrons”Red: Group 1 Orange: Group 2 Yellow:

Group 13Green: Group 1 Sky Blue: Group 15 Baby

Blue: Group 16Dark Blue: Group 17 Purple: Group 18

Valence Electrons

Valence electrons are the electrons in the highest occupied energy level of the atom.

Valence electrons are the only electrons generally involved in bond formation (which we will talk about in the next unit!)

Bohr Atomic Structures Electron Configuration of Na:

1s22s22p63s1

The first energy level contains 2 electrons. (s orbital…1s2)

The second level containw 8 electrons. (2s and 2p orbitals…2s22p6)

How many electrons do you see in the outermost level? 3s1… 1electron!

This is the Valence number. Sodium has 1 Valence electron.

Electron Dot Structure: Lewis Dot Diagrams

A notation showing the valence electrons surrounding the atomic symbol. How many valence electrons in Cl? C?

Lewis Dot Structures

Find out which group (column) your element is in.

This will tell you the number of valence electrons your element has.

You will only draw the valence electrons.

Lewis Structures

1)Write the element symbol.

2) Carbon is in the 4th group, so it has 4 valence electrons.

3) Starting at either the right or left of the element symbol, draw 4 electrons, (dots), around the element symbol.

C

For those of you who will be gone on the band field trip, you will find some practice on the next slide. Write the following Lewis Dot structures on a separate sheet of paper and turn this in when you come back to class.

The History of the Periodic Tableand Trends

In the olden days…

Many elements were known in the ancient world- copper, gold, silver, lead, etc.

For several hundred years, elements were discovered by alchemists

Alchemy was the ultimate search for wisdom and immortality.

By 1860, more than 60 elements had been discovered….HOWEVER,

There was no consistent organization of the elements.

No one was using the same method to determine mass of atoms, or the ratios of atoms in compounds

In 1860, Stanislao Cannizzaro of Italy presented a convincing method to measure the mass of atoms, thus creating standard values for atomic mass. Now that there are some common standards…

The Matter of Mendeleev

In 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev began to try to arrange the elements. Inspired by solitaire, he started to find patterns in the properties of elements, and arranged the known elements by atomic mass in a Periodic (repeating) Table.

o Mendeleev recognized there were undiscovered elements.

o By using his periodic table, he could predict the chemical properties of the undiscovered elements.

o Years later, Scandium, Gallium, Technetium and Germanium were discovered and were characteristic of the properties Mendeleev predicted! *swoon*

Mendeleev’s Genius

Henry Moseley

1911: Henry Moseley (working under the direction of Rutherford) rearranged the Periodic Table to go horizontally, and put the elements in order by atomic number.

Variations on the Periodic TableThe Mayan Periodic Table of Elements by Mitch Fincher A Spiral Periodic Table by Prof. Thoedor Benfey

The future of the periodic table?

Periodic Trends

Now that the periodic table is organized, what patterns can we find?

What does it even mean to be “periodic”?

Thanks, to Moseley, we learn that patterns arise because of PROTONS!!!

This led to the development of the Periodic Law: the physical & chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.

** In other words, when the elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number, elements with similar properties appear at regular intervals.

Pattern: Families Elements in column share similar traits, and

are called families: These columns are also called groups.

The Alkali Metals

1 valence electron

Highly reactive with water

Form ionic compounds

Do not occur in nature as pure elements (always in compounds)

Alkali-Earth Metals

Have 2 valence electrons

Reactive, but less reactive than alkali metals

Are ductile, malleable and have a silvery luster

Transition metals… and inner transition metals

Are less reactive than groups 1 and 2.

Tend not to react in water.

Are malleable and ductile, but still harder than group 1 & 2.

Tend to be solids at room temperature.

Have variable chemical properties

Are good conductors of electricity and heat.

**Inner transition metals tend to be radioactive

NonmetalsPoor conductors of heat and

electricityOften are found as gases or

liquids, sometimes solids.

Halogens

Are nonmetals highly reactive with

metals- most reactive is fluorine, lease reactive is astatine

Mostly exist as gases or liquids (except At -solid)

Have 7 valence electrons

Noble gases

At room temperature, exist as gases.

Are completely unreactive

Have full s and p orbitals

Are odorless, colorless, nonflammable

Metalloids

Tend to be solidsHave properties similar to both metals

and nonmetalsTend to be semiconductors (which means

they are useful for technological uses)

Patterns and trends tend to follow the Representative Elements.

Valence Electrons:The outermost s & p electrons

Ions Charged atoms that become charged by

losing or gaining electrons

Ionization energyEnergy necessary to make an ion by removing an electron from a neutral atom

Rule #1 to remember! When an element loses an electron,

we can think of it as being given away, which is a good thing or POSITIVE thing to do.

Group 1 Elements H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr

Achieve a stable octet (full outer shell) by losing 1 electron, which forms a +1 ion

H+ , Li+ , Na+ , etc…

Group 2 Elements Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra

Achieve a stable octet by losing 2 electrons, which forms a +2 ion

Be2+, Mg2+, Ca2+, etc…

Rule #2 to remember! When an element gains an electron,

we can think of it as it is being stolen from another ion, which is a bad or NEGATIVE thing to do.

Group 7 Elements F, Cl, Br, I, At

Achieve a stable octet by stealing (gaining) 1 electron, which forms a -1 ion

F-, Cl-, Br- , etc…

Group 6 Elements O, S, Se, Te, Po

Achieve a stable octet by stealing (gaining) 2 electrons, which forms a 2- ion

O2- , S2- , Se2-, etc…