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Chemistry 2370: Chapter 1 - Carbon Compounds & Chemical Bonds - Prof. Sushama A. Dandekar, Study notes of Organic Chemistry

A study guide for chapter 1 of chemistry 2370, focusing on carbon compounds and chemical bonds. Topics include empirical and molecular formulas, atomic orbitals, chemical bonding, lewis structures, formal charge, exceptions to the octet rule, resonance, molecular geometry, and hybridization. New topics cover structural formulas, isomers, and various formula representations.

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Download Chemistry 2370: Chapter 1 - Carbon Compounds & Chemical Bonds - Prof. Sushama A. Dandekar and more Study notes Organic Chemistry in PDF only on Docsity! CHEM 2370 CHAPTER 1 (Solomons, 9th ed.) 1 Dr. S. A. Dandekar CHAPTER 1 CARBON COMPOUNDS & CHEMICAL BONDS REVIEW TOPICS - EMPIRICAL & MOLECULAR FORMULAS - ATOMIC ORBITALS - CHEMICAL BONDING - LEWIS STRUCTURES: OCTET RULE - FORMAL CHARGE - EXCEPTIONS TO OCTET RULE - RESONANCE - MOLECULAR GEOMETRY: VSEPR THEORY - MOLECULAR ORBITALS - HYBRIDIZATION NEW TOPICS - STRUCTURAL FORMULAS - ISOMERS - DASH, CONDENSED, BOND-LINE, 3-D CHEM 2370 CHAPTER 1 (Solomons, 9th ed.) 2 Dr. S. A. Dandekar REVIEW TOPICS: EMPIRICAL & MOLECULAR FORMULAS CH2 v. C2H4, C5H10, C10H20, etc. REVIEW: APPENDIX A OF STUDY GUIDE ATOMIC ORBITALS ( s, p, d, f ) - RULES GOVERNING A.O.s - AUFBAU PRINCIPLE - PAULI EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE - HUND’S RULE REVIEW: SECTION 1.9, 1.10, p 19-22 CHEMICAL BONDING - TO ACHIEVE STABLE e− CONFIGURATION VIA e− TRANSFER / SHARING IONIC COVALENT POLAR COVALENT - CHARACTERISTIC NUMBER OF BONDS ( C = 4 H = 1 O = 2 N = 3 Cl = 1 S = 2 ) ( - WHY ? ) CHEM 2370 CHAPTER 1 (Solomons, 9th ed.) 5 Dr. S. A. Dandekar NEW TOPICS: STRUCTURAL FORMULAS e.g. C4H10 - HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONNECT THE ATOMS? NOTE: MUST BE A VALID LEWIS STRUCTURE i.e., EACH CARBON MUST HAVE 4 BONDS , & EACH HYDROGEN MUST HAVE 1 BOND - TWO POSSIBILITIES EXIST: - EACH REPRESENTS A UNIQUE SUBSTANCE, WITH ITS OWN CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES ISOMERS: DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES: SAME MOLECULAR FORMULA BUT DIFFERENT ATOM CONNECTIVITY, ( i.e., DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL FORMULA ) CHEM 2370 CHAPTER 1 (Solomons, 9th ed.) 6 Dr. S. A. Dandekar SIGNIFICANCE? - THE FORMULA C4H10 IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBE EITHER SUBSTANCE - ATOM CONNECTIVITY MUST BE SHOWN CLEARLY - EXAMINE STRUCTURES ON p 39 - CAN YOU SEE THAT THE THREE STRUCTURES DRAWN FOR PROPYL ALCOHOL ARE EQUIVALENT? ( EXAMINE ATOM CONNECTIVITY CAREFULLY ) SO ? THESE STRUCTURES DO NOT REPRESENT ISOMERS ! - DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE SAME SUBSTANCE DO PROBLEMS: 1.11 p 40 1.21: c, d, h, j p 47 – 48 - REPRESENTATION OF STRUCTURAL FORMULAS - DASH FORMULAS - EACH BOND REPRESENTED BY A DASH CHEM 2370 CHAPTER 1 (Solomons, 9th ed.) 7 Dr. S. A. Dandekar - CONDENSED FORMULAS - CARBON SKELETON CONNECTIVITY SHOWN WITH DASHES (SOMETIMES DASHES OMITTED !) - OTHER ATOMS ATTACHED TO EACH CARBON ARE REPRESENTED WITH “ MOLECULAR FORMULA”-LIKE CONVENTION - SEE e.g. p 43 - GO THROUGH STUDY PROBLEM, p 41 DO PROBLEMS: 1.21, 1.24,1.25 p 47 – 48 - BOND LINE FORMULAS - “STICK” FIGURES - INTERSECTION OF 2 / MORE LINES & - END OF LINE EACH OF THE ABOVE REPRESENTS A CARBON - NUMBER OF HYDROGENS AT EACH CARBON CAN BE DETERMINED BASED ON CARBON’S VALENCE ( = 4 ) - ATOMS OTHER THAN HYDROGENS MUST BE SPECIFIED ( O, N, Cl, etc. )
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