chem1 virtual textbook
a reference text for General Chemistry
Stephen Lower
Simon Fraser University
1- Molecules: properties of bonded atoms
- What is a chemical bond?
- What is a molecule?
- How we depict chemical structures
- Observable properies of bonded atom pairs
- Concept map
- What you should be able to do
- About models in science
- Classical models of bonding
- Quantum-mechanical models of bonding
- Concept map
- What you should be able to do
3- The shared-electron covalent bond
- The Octet Rule
- Lewis electron-dot formulas
- How to draw electron-dot structures
- Resonance hybrids
- Some special cases
- Concept map
- What you should be able to do
4- Polar covalence, ionic solids
- Electronegativity
- Dipole moments
- Formal charge
- Ionic compounds
- More on polar covalence
- Concept map
- What you should be able to do
- Electron-pair repulsion
- AX2 and AX3 molecules
- Tetrahedral coordination
- AX5molecules
- Octahedral coordination
- Concept map
- What you should be able to do
6- The hybrid orbital model: introduction
- Why atomic orbitals don't work for molecules
- What are hybrid orbitals?
- Hybrids derived from s- and p orbitals
- The role of lone-pair electrons
- Concept map
- What you should be able to do
- Hybrid types and multiple bonds
- Conjugated double bonds
- Hybrids involving d orbitals
- Are hybrid orbitals real?
- Concept map
- What you should be able to do
8- Introduction to molecular orbitals
- About molecular orbitals
- Simple molecular orbital diagrams
- Sigma and pi orbitals
- Second-row diatomic molecules
- Concept map
- What you should be able to do
9- Bonding in coordination complexes
- What is a complex?
- Basics of coordination complexes; paramagnetism
- Crystal field theory
- Biochemical applications of coordination complexes
- Concept map
- What you should be able to do
10- Bonding in metals and semiconductors
Some courses will omit this section.
