Structure, Bonding & Representation
A 29-module path through structure, bonding & representation, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Atomic Structure and Electron Configuration
- Atomic Orbitals: Shape and Energy
- The Covalent Bond and Electron Sharing
- Lewis Structures: Rules and Construction
- Formal Charge
- Hybridization: The sp3 Carbon
- Hybridization: sp2 Carbon and the Pi Bond
- Hybridization: sp Carbon and Triple Bonds
- Sigma Bonds from Orbital Overlap
- Pi Bonds and the Double Bond
- Bond Length, Bond Strength, and s-Character
- Restricted Rotation and Molecular Rigidity
- Molecular Shape and VSEPR Theory
- Bond Polarity and Electronegativity
- Molecular Dipole Moments
- Resonance: The Concept of Delocalization
- Curved Arrows for Resonance
- Evaluating Resonance Structures
- Conjugation: Overlapping p Orbitals
- Conjugation and Stability
- Inductive Effects and Charge Distribution
- Drawing Skeletal Structures
- The Major Functional Groups
- Degrees of Unsaturation
- Intermolecular Forces
- London Dispersion Forces
- Dipole-Dipole Interactions
- Hydrogen Bonding
- Physical Properties from Structure