Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding

  8.1 Lewis Symbols and the Octet Rule
     
  8.2 Ionic Bonding
Energetics of Ionic Bond Formation
Electron Configuration of Ions of the
Representative Elements
Transition-Metal Ions
Polyatomic Ions
     
  8.3 Size of Ions
     
  8.4 Covalent Bonding
Multiple Bonds
     
  8.5 Bond Polarity and Electronegativity
Electronegativity
Electronegativity and Bond Polarity
     
  8.6 Drawing Lewis Structures
Formal Charges
     
  8.7 Resonance Structures
Resonance in Benzene
     
  8.8 Exceptions to the Octet Rule
Odd Number of Electrons
Less Than an Octet
More than an Octet
     
  8.9 Strengths of Covalent Bonds
Bond Enthalpies and the Enthalpies of Reaction
Bond Strength and Bond Length
     
  8.10 Oxidation Numbers
Oxidation Numbers and Nomenclature
 
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