Covalent Bonding & Molecular Structure
A 25-module path through covalent bonding & molecular structure, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Lewis Structures and the Octet Rule
- Formal Charge and Resonance
- Choosing Best Lewis Structures
- Electronegativity Concept
- Bond Polarity and Dipole Moments
- Percent Ionic Character
- VSEPR Theory Fundamentals
- VSEPR Molecular Geometries
- Lone Pair and Multiple Bond Effects
- Valence Bond Theory and Orbital Overlap
- Hybridization and Orbital Mixing
- Sigma and Pi Bonding
- Bent's Rule and Orbital Character
- Bond Order, Length, and Energy
- Molecular Orbital Theory and LCAO
- Bonding and Antibonding Orbitals
- Homonuclear Diatomic MOs
- s-p Mixing and Orbital Ordering
- Magnetism from MO Diagrams
- Heteronuclear Diatomic MOs
- Polyatomic MOs by Symmetry
- Walsh Diagrams
- Delocalized Pi Systems
- Hypervalency and Expanded Octets
- The Isoelectronic Principle