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4.S: Study Guide

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    4: Chemical Bonding I - Basic Concepts

    Key Topics for TRU students taking CHEM1500

    • Lewis Dot symbols
    • the ionic bond; lattice energy
    • covalent and polar covalent bonds
    • electronegativity
    • writing Lewis structures
    • formal charge and Lewis structure
    • resonance
    • exceptions to the octet rule
    • bond enthalpy

    Key Learning Outcomes (Examples)

    • draw acceptable Lewis structures for molecules and polyatomic ions based on formal charges and the octet rule
    • identify sigma and pi bonding within a Lewis structure
    • draw major resonance structures for molecules and polyatomic ions and determine the bond-orders for all the bonds

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