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    Ppt. Chap.2 Properties of Water

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    Water is essential for life. It is a polar molecule composed of an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrogen atoms. Water's polarity allows it to be an excellent solvent for dissolving salts, acids, bases, and other polar molecules. Water's polarity is due to its molecular geometry and the uneven distribution of electrons. Water also has unique properties like hydrogen bonding between molecules that give it a high heat capacity and ability to store heat, both important for biochemical reactions.

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    Water is essential for life. It is a polar molecule composed of an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrogen atoms. Water's polarity allows it to be an excellent solvent for dissolving salts, acids, bases, and other polar molecules. Water's polarity is due to its molecular geometry and the uneven distribution of electrons. Water also has unique properties like hydrogen bonding between molecules that give it a high heat capacity and ability to store heat, both important for biochemical reactions.

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    WATER :

    The Solvent for


    Biochemical Reactions
    What Does Life Require?
    Molecule: two or more atoms
    held together by chemical
    bonds

    Example: Water
     Water molecule: two hydrogen

    atoms bonded to one oxygen


    atom
    Molecular Geometry of Water
     refers to the arrangement of atoms within a given
    molecules.
     Basic Assumption of VSEPR –

     Electrons in chemical bonds (single, double or triple


    bond) and unshared electrons pairs are negative
    charge centers that repel each others, they tend to
    move as far apart from each other as possible.
     But the presence of lone pair causes deviation,

    because lone pair exerts a greater force of repulsion.


    The lone pair tends to push bonding pairs closer
    together, thereby decreasing the bond towards them.
     Ex. H2O
    What Does Life Require?
    The Properties of Water
     Water is a polar molecule:

    ◦ Oxygen side is slightly


    negative
    ◦ Hydrogen side is slightly
    positive
    ◦ Electronegativity = how
    strongly the atoms pull
    electrons
     When molecules have no
    charges, they are nonpolar

    Figure 2.4
    Electronegativity Values
     Electronegativity – the tendency of an atom to
    attract electrons to itself in a chemical bond.

    Elcetronegativity Bond Type


    Difference
    0 Non polar
    Up to 1.8 Polar
    1.8 and above Ionic
    Solvent Properties of Water
    2.1 What Does Life Require?
    The Properties of Water
     Due to its polarity, water is a good solvent

    ◦ Solute: what is being dissolved


    ◦ Solution: the solute in the solvent
    Solvent Properties of Water
    What Does Life Require?
    The Properties of Water
     Hydrogen bond: the weak attraction between

    the hydrogen atom of one water molecule


    and the oxygen atom of another
     Water molecules tend to stick together:

    cohesion
    High heat capacity
    High heat of vaporization
    High heat of fusion
    Solvent Properties of Water
    Solvent Properties of Water
    2.1 What Does Life Require?

    The Properties of Water


     Water can dissolve

    salts and hydrophilic


    (water–loving)
    molecules because it
    is polar.

    Figure 2.6
    Solvent Properties of Water
    Solvent Properties of Water
    Solvent Properties of Water
    Solvent Properties of Water
    2.1 What Does Life Require?
    The Properties of Water
     Water can dissolve acids and bases.

    ◦ Acid = a substance that donates H+ ions to


    solution
    ◦ Base = a substance that accepts H+ ions
    2.1 What Does Life Require?
     The pH scale is a measure of the
    relative amounts of acids and
    bases in a solution.
    ◦ pH greater than 7 = basic
    ◦ Pure water pH = 7 = neutral
    ◦ pH lower than 7 = acidic

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