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Major elements in living things!

Trace elements in living things!

*!
**!
*!Lanthanides!
**!Actinides!
Prevalence of Elements by Weight!
Human Earth’s!
Elements!
Body! Crust!
Oxygen! 65%! 49%!
Carbon! 18%! <1%!
>95%!
Hydrogen! 10%! <1%!
Nitrogen! 3%! trace!
Calcium! 2%! 3%!
Iron! <0.05%! 5%!
Aluminum! <0.001%! 8%!
Silicon! trace! 26%!
linear chain!
H2 H2 H2
C C C
C C C C
H2 H2 H2 H2

CH3 CH3
H2
CH C C
C C C C
H2 H2 H2 H2
CH2
CH3
H CH H
C C branched chain!

CH H CH
C
cyclical structure!
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C!
Carbon!
!

12.0!
# of !
covalent!
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!
bonds!

2!

y-axis!

x-!
axis! z-axis!
# of !
covalent!
H Methane (CH4)!
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!
bonds! H C
2! H H

y-axis!

x-!
axis! z-axis!
# of !
covalent!
H Methane (CH4)!
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!
bonds! H C
2! H H
# of !
covalent!
H Methane (CH4)!
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!
bonds! H C
2! H H
# of !
covalent!
H Methane (CH4)!
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!
bonds! H C
2! H H
# of !
covalent!
H Methane (CH4)!
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!
bonds! H C
2! H H
# of !
covalent!
H Methane (CH4)!
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!
bonds! H C
2! H H

1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!

4!
# of !
covalent!
H Methane (CH4)!
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!
bonds! H C
2! H H

1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!


sp3! 109.5°!
4!
sp3!
C!
1s! sp3! sp3! sp3! sp3! sp3!
sp3!
4!
hybrid orbitals: 25% s, 75% p!
Ethylene! H H
(C2H4)! C C
H H
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!

1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!


1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!

120°!
sp2!
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!
sp2! C!

sp2!

1s! sp2! sp2! sp2! 2pz!

3 hybrid orbitals!
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!

2pz! 120°!
sp2!
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!
sp2! C!

sp2!
2pz!

1s! sp2! sp2! sp2! 2pz!

3 hybrid orbitals!
π

sideways!
overlap!
2pz! 2pz!
sp2! sp2! π-overlap!
σ

sp2! sp2!
head-to-head! sp2! sp2!
sp2! overlap! sp2!
2pz! 2pz! σ-overlap!

sp2! sp2!

H H
Ethylene!
C C (C2H4)!
H H
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!

sp! C! sp!
1s! sp! sp! 2py! 2pz!

180°!

2 hybrid orbitals!
1s! 2s! 2px! 2py! 2pz!
2pz!
2py!

sp! C! sp!
1s! sp! sp! 2py! 2pz!
2py!
2pz!

2 hybrid orbitals!
π

2pz! σ
2pz!
2py! 2py! π-overlap!
sp! sp! sp! sp! π-overlap!
2py! 2py!
2pz! 2pz!
π
sp! σ-overlap! sp!

Acetylene!
H C C H (C2H2)!
Bond
Length
Bond! strength! ΔEN!
(Å)!
(kcal/mol)!
C H! 1.09! 99! 0.4!
O H! 0.96! 110! 1.4!
N H! 1.02! 84! 0.9!
C O! 1.23! 174! 1!
C C! 1.54! 88! 0!
C C! 1.34! 147! 0!
Bond
Length
Bond! strength! ΔEN!
(Å)!
(kcal/mol)!
C H! 1.09! 99! 0.4!
O H! 0.96! 110! 1.4!
N H! 1.02! 84! 0.9!
C O! 1.23! 174! 1!
C C! 1.54! 88! 0!
C C! 1.34! 147! 0!
Bond
Length
Bond! strength! ΔEN!
(Å)!
(kcal/mol)!
C H! 1.09! 99! 0.4!
O H! 0.96! 110! 1.4!
N H! 1.02! 84! 0.9!
C O! 1.23! 174! 1!
C C! 1.54! 88! 0!
C C! 1.34! 147! 0!
Bond
Length
Bond! strength! ΔEN!
(Å)!
(kcal/mol)!
C H! 1.09! 99! 0.4!
O H! 0.96! 110! 1.4!
N H! 1.02! 84! 0.9!
C O! 1.23! 174! 1!
C C! 1.54! 88! 0!
C C! 1.34! 147! 0!
Bond
Length
Bond! strength! ΔEN!
(Å)!
(kcal/mol)!
C H! 1.09! 99! 0.4!
O H! 0.96! 110! 1.4!
N H! 1.02! 84! 0.9!
C O! 1.23! 174! 1!
C C! 1.54! 88! 0!
C C! 1.34! 147! 0!
Bond
Length
Bond! strength! ΔEN!
(Å)!
(kcal/mol)!
C H! 1.09! 99! 0.4!
O H! 0.96! 110! 1.4!
N H! 1.02! 84! 0.9!
C O! 1.23! 174! 1!
C C! 1.54! 88! 0!
C C! 1.34! 147! 0!
Bond
Length
Bond! strength! ΔEN!
(Å)!
(kcal/mol)!
C H! 1.09! 99! 0.4!
O H! 0.96! 110! 1.4!
N H! 1.02! 84! 0.9!
C O! 1.23! 174! 1!
C C! 1.54! 88! 0!
C C! 1.34! 147! 0!
Bond
Length
Bond! strength! ΔEN!
(Å)!
(kcal/mol)!
C H! 1.09! 99! 0.4!
O H! 0.96! 110! 1.4!
N H! 1.02! 84! 0.9!
C O! 1.23! 174! 1!
C C! 1.54! 88! 0!
C C! 1.34! 147! 0!

ΔEN = difference in electronegativity


between the 2 atoms!
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Periodic table: Public Domain. Authors: Cepheus (original) and InverseHypercube (derivative).
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