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Is C₅H₁₀BrNO a molecular or ionic compound?

a. Molecular compound
b. Ionic compound
c. Cannot be determined
d. Both molecular and ionic

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Final answer:

CaBr2, which is C₅H₁₀BrNO, is an ionic compound because it contains a metallic element (calcium) and a nonmetallic element (bromine).

Step-by-step explanation:

Compounds between metal and nonmetal elements are usually ionic.

For example, CaBr2 contains a metallic element (calcium, a group 2 [or 2A] metal) and a nonmetallic element (bromine, a group 17 [or 7A] nonmetal).

Therefore, it is most likely an ionic compound (in fact, it is ionic).

In contrast, the compound NO2 contains two elements that are both nonmetals (nitrogen, from group 15 [or 5A], and oxygen, from group 16 [or 6A]. It is not an ionic compound; it belongs to the category of covalent compounds discussed elsewhere.

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