Unit · year 1
CU-102 · Chemical Bonding
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How atoms hold together, from Lewis dots to molecular orbitals.
PREREQUISITES
Lectures
| L01 | Why Atoms Bond: The Energetics — |
| L02 | Ionic Bonding |
| L03 | Lattice Energy and the Born–Haber Cycle |
| L04 | Covalent Bonding and the Shared Pair — |
| L05 | Lewis Structures |
| L06 | Formal Charge and Choosing the Best Structure |
| L07 | Resonance and Delocalisation |
| L08 | Exceptions to the Octet Rule |
| L09 | Electronegativity |
| L10 | Bond Polarity and Dipole Moments |
| L11 | The Ionic–Covalent Continuum |
| L12 | VSEPR: Electron-Domain Geometry |
| L13 | Molecular Shape and Lone-Pair Effects |
| L14 | Predicting Molecular Polarity from Shape |
| L15 | Valence Bond Theory — |
| L16 | sp, sp², and sp³ Hybridisation |
| L17 | Hybridisation and Multiple Bonds |
| L18 | Sigma and Pi Bonding |
| L19 | LCAO and Molecular Orbitals |
| L20 | MO Diagrams for Homonuclear Diatomics |
| L21 | Bond Order, Magnetism, and the O₂ Problem |
| L22 | Heteronuclear Diatomics |
| L23 | Delocalised MOs and Conjugation |
| L24 | Intermolecular Forces — |
| L25 | Hydrogen Bonding and Its Consequences — |
| L26 | Synthesis: Three Models, One Molecule |
Results in this unit
T-007
Ionic bonding and the Born-Haber cycle
Lattice energy extracted from a thermodynamic cycle.
T-008
Lewis structures and the octet rule
Shared and lone pairs from electron bookkeeping.
T-009
VSEPR and molecular shape
Electron-pair repulsion predicts molecular geometry.
T-010
Orbital hybridisation
sp, sp2 and sp3 mixing rationalises bond angles.
T-011
Molecular orbital theory
Bonding and antibonding combinations give bond order and magnetism.
T-012
Electronegativity and bond polarity
Unequal sharing produces dipole moments.