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Electron Configurations. Electron Configurations. Electron Configurations. The way electrons are arranged in atoms. Aufbau principle - electrons enter the lowest energy first. This causes difficulties because of the overlap of orbitals of different energies.
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Electron Configurations • The way electrons are arranged in atoms. • Aufbau principle- electrons enter the lowest energy first. • This causes difficulties because of the overlap of orbitals of different energies. • Pauli Exclusion Principle- at most 2 electrons per orbital - different spins
7p 6d 5f 7s 6p 5d 6s 4f 5p 4d 5s 4p 3d 4s 3p Increasing energy 3s 2p 2s 1s Aufbau diagram
Electron Configuration • Hund’s Rule- When electrons occupy orbitals of equal energy they don’t pair up until they have to. • Let’s determine the electron configuration for Phosphorus • Need to account for 15 electrons
7p 6d 5f 7s 6p 5d 6s 4f 5p 4d 5s 4p 3d 4s 3p Increasing energy 3s 2p 2s 1s • The first two electrons go into the 1s orbital • Notice the opposite spins • only 13 more to go...
7p 6d 5f 7s 6p 5d 6s 4f 5p 4d 5s 4p 3d 4s 3p Increasing energy 3s 2p 2s 1s • The next electrons go into the 2s orbital • only 11 more...
7p 6d 5f 7s 6p 5d 6s 4f 5p 4d 5s 4p 3d 4s 3p Increasing energy 3s 2p 2s 1s • The next electrons go into the 2p orbital • only 5 more...
7p 6d 5f 7s 6p 5d 6s 4f 5p 4d 5s 4p 3d 4s 3p Increasing energy 3s 2p 2s 1s • The next electrons go into the 3s orbital • only 3 more...
7p 6d 5f 7s 6p 5d 6s 4f 5p 4d 5s 4p 3d 4s 3p Increasing energy 3s 2p 2s 1s • The last three electrons go into the 3p orbitals. • They each go into separate shapes • 3 unpaired electrons • = 1s22s22p63s23p3
7s 7p 7d 7f 6s 6p 6d 6f 5s 5p 5d 5f 4s 4p 4d 4f 3s 3p 3d 2s 2p 1s The easy way to remember • 1s2 • 2 electrons
7s 7p 7d 7f 6s 6p 6d 6f 5s 5p 5d 5f 4s 4p 4d 4f 3s 3p 3d 2s 2p 1s Fill from the bottom up following the arrows • 1s2 2s2 • 4 electrons
7s 7p 7d 7f 6s 6p 6d 6f 5s 5p 5d 5f 4s 4p 4d 4f 3s 3p 3d 2s 2p 1s Fill from the bottom up following the arrows • 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 • 12 electrons
7s 7p 7d 7f 6s 6p 6d 6f 5s 5p 5d 5f 4s 4p 4d 4f 3s 3p 3d 2s 2p 1s Fill from the bottom up following the arrows • 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 • 20 electrons
7s 7p 7d 7f 6s 6p 6d 6f 5s 5p 5d 5f 4s 4p 4d 4f 3s 3p 3d 2s 2p 1s Fill from the bottom up following the arrows • 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 • 38 electrons
7s 7p 7d 7f 6s 6p 6d 6f 5s 5p 5d 5f 4s 4p 4d 4f 3s 3p 3d 2s 2p 1s Fill from the bottom up following the arrows • 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p6 6s2 • 56 electrons
7s 7p 7d 7f 6s 6p 6d 6f 5s 5p 5d 5f 4s 4p 4d 4f 3s 3p 3d 2s 2p 1s Fill from the bottom up following the arrows • 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p6 6s2 4f14 5d10 6p6 7s2 • 88 electrons
7s 7p 7d 7f 6s 6p 6d 6f 5s 5p 5d 5f 4s 4p 4d 4f 3s 3p 3d 2s 2p 1s Fill from the bottom up following the arrows • 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p6 6s2 4f14 5d10 6p6 7s2 5f14 6d10 7p6 • 118 electrons
Noble gas notation uses noble gas symbols in brackets to shorten inner electron configurations of other elements.
The Shorthand • Write symbol of the group 18 element before the element, in [ ]. • Then, the rest of the electrons. • Aluminum’s full configuration: 1s22s22p63s23p1 • previous noble gas Ne is: 1s22s22p6 • so, Al is: [Ne] 3s23p1
The Shorthand Again Sn- 50 electrons The noble gas before it is Kr Takes care of 36 Next 5s2 Then 4d10 Finally 5p2 [ Kr ] 5s2 4d10 5p2
Valence Electrons Valence electronsare defined as electrons in the atom’s outermost orbitals—those associated with the atom’s highest principal energy level. Electron-dot structureconsists of the element’s symbol representing the nucleus, surrounded by dots representing the element’s valence electrons.
Orbitals fill in order • Lowest energy to higher energy. • Adding electrons can change the energy of the orbital. • Half filled orbitals have a lower energy. • Makes them more stable. • Changes the filling order
Write these electron configurations • Titanium - 22 electrons • 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d2 • Vanadium - 23 electrons • 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d3 • Chromium - 24 electrons • 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d4 expected • But this is wrong!!
Chromium is actually: • 1s22s22p63s23p64s13d5 • Why? • This gives us two half filled orbitals. • Slightly lower in energy. • The same principal applies to copper.
Copper’s electron configuration • Copper has 29 electrons so we expect: 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d9 • But the actual configuration is: • 1s22s22p63s23p64s13d10 • This gives one filled orbital and one half filled orbital. • Remember these exceptions: d4, d9