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Chapter 1: Chemical Bonding

1.1 Atoms, Electrons, and Orbitals

1.2 Ionic Bonds
1.3 Covalent Bonds
1.4 Multiple Bonding in Lewis Structures
1.5 Polar Covalent Bonds and Electronegativity
1.6 Formal Charge
1.7 Writing Structural Formulas of Organic Molecules
1.8 Constitutional Isomers

1.9 Resonance
1.10 The Shapes of Some Simple Molecules
1.11 Molecular Dipole Moments

1.12 Molecular Orbitals of the Hydrogen Molecule
1.13 sp3 Hybridization and Bonding in Methane
1.14 sp3 Hybridization and Bonding in Ethylene
1.16 sp3 Hybridization and Bonding in Acetylene
1.17 Which Theory of Chemical Bonding Is Best?
1.18 Summary

Resources Outside of Columbia

• This site provides a detailed examination of the VSEPR THEORY (U. Shefield, UK).
• Information on CHEMICAL BONDING is located at this site. The concepts of Resonance, ionic versus covalent bonding, Lewis dot structures, and atomic and molecular orbitals are discussed in Section I: Structure and Bonding. (U. Illinois, Chicago).
• Another good review of CHEMICAL BONDING is located at this site. (Lock Haven University, PA).

Resources at Columbia (308 Havemeyer)

ChemTV

- #01 Atomic Orbitals/Hybrids

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