Ch 7: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry

1. Periodic Table: top region
2. Lewis Bonding Model
   1. Covalent bonds: sharing electrons
   2. Formal charge
   3. Multiple bonds
   4. Lewis structures: other method
   5. Exceptions to the octet rule
3. Bonding Concepts
   1. Ionic vs. covalent bonds
   2. Electronegativity and bond polarity
   3. Resonance
4. Molecular structure and polarity
   1. VSEPR theory
   2. VSEPR examples with rotatable structures
   3. Electron-pair geometry vs. molecular shape
   4. Electron-pair geometry table
   5. Molecular polarity
5. Strengths of ionic and covalent bonds
   1. Covalent bonds and bond dissociation energies
   2. Ionic bond strength and lattice energy