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Structure and Bonding - Lecture Summaries - Complete Notes on Atomic Structure, Bonding Theories, and Molecular Orbitals

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These two documents summarize the full course material on structure and bonding in chemistry. Part 1 covers atomic structure, Bohr’s model, wave-particle duality, Schrödinger equation, quantum numbers, hydrogen atom wavefunctions, radial and angular wavefunctions, orbital shapes, nodes, and electron configurations with the Pauli principle, Hund’s rule, and Aufbau principle . Part 2 focuses on bonding theories, including VSEPR theory, valence bond theory, hybridisation (sp, sp², sp³), resonance, and molecular orbital (MO) theory. Detailed MO diagrams, bond order calculations, magnetism (paramagnetic vs diamagnetic species), and case studies on molecules like O₂, N₂, CO, and heterodiatomics are included . These lecture summaries provide a clear and structured foundation for understanding atomic and molecular structure, ideal for exam revision.

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Atomic structure
Lecture 1 Summary.


Bohr Model of H atom .





treats H atom as neutron and e (as particles)

Postulates :
c'moves circular orbits around nucleus
·

in +ve


circular orbit is Stable (this physics)
·


is a breach of classical
·

out
moving between
orbits
gives energy.




between
e-
·
c has mass m and velocity v
Scentripetal Feedrostatio
·
..
due to

the nucleus and-ree



multiple
Bohrassumed
the
angular momentum of e can only be integer


Con'h
This allowed
eq for .
r to be derived : r
=me'
ran
in :
10 "om o


When n = 1
,
r = 0 52917 A
.



(Bohr's radius)
This seems credible as viscosity measurements of H indicate diameter : In
,
gas

Energy of 11 atom
from sum of PE and KE .
PE is work
required to remove c from nucleus - S




Total
energy ,
I =

-(we Ex-


Wave-particle duality
de
Broglie stated all matter has both wave and particle characteristics.

, Atomic structure


Darisson and Germer used e and Ni film
gun
an




reflection (particle property
--
diffraction (wave properly
--


Photoelectric effect uses metal film with low work
function (easilyionised) g K Na Rb and
.
e .
,
,




light of high energy (above
monochromatic work
function threshold)



shighouse
Particles have mass and velocity Waves have Xt
.




Wave properties only apply toliny objects
-
wavelength
e C
g
.
.




KE of a wave is
given by
how curved it is
(a)

, Atomic structure
Lecture 2 Summary .




e as a wave in 1D.
(particle in a box")
-
vePE -
vePE




"I E
&


1- e - >
e is repelled by walls (both-ve)
x = 0 x= L




Shrodinger eq .
used to describe behaviour of wave in an
energy/force field

ID 1 quantum number
(Sin()
=


↑n(x) = n = 1 2 3 ...

Y wavefunction wave heiht
,
,


= =


g at
point o




n = 1 po in =



n =
2 Po Y =+ ve

X
x=
i L
E 2 = =
4
Y = -


ve




E 32 9
i i
= =




n = 3 4
, X
o
* node =
x= L

N +ve >
-

-ve




Energy of wave
,
E : Ean2



Energy of the e is never O as it always has KE from repulsion due to -ve walls

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