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Intermolecular Intra Molecular Forces

How do I understand which is which?
C6H6 + energry -> C6H6
NaCl + energy -> Na+Cl
CH4 + 2O2 -> CO2 + 2H2O + energy
Assuming you mean:

1.

C6H6(l) + energy C6H6(g), you can say that the reaction affected intermolecular forces because the single molecules don't change. The broken bonds were between molecules of benzene.

2.

NaCl(l) + energy Na+(aq) + Cl-(aq) Sodium chloride is technically not a molecule, but you can see that the strong ionic bonds intra-NaCl are broken.

3.

This is a combustion reaction, in which the products are totally different. Both the inter- and intra- molecular bonds are affected.

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