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Organic Chemistry Chapters 1 and 2 – Foundations of Structure and Bonding, Formal Charges, and Resonance | Pre-Class Lecture Summary

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This document covers core concepts from Organic Chemistry Chapters 1 and 2, including formal charges, lone pairs, Lewis structures, hybridization, molecular geometry, and resonance. It also explains dipole moments, intermolecular forces, and different molecular representations, making it suitable as a pre-class reading summary aligned with early organic chemistry coursework

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Pre class Readings :




Ch1 , 1 4
.
+ Ch 2 , 2 5-2 6 .
.




14
.
Identifying formal Charges
Formal Charge associated w/ atom that does not exhibit the appropriate number of valence electrons .
any
:




↳If present in Lewis structure , formal Charge must be drawn





determine appropriate # of valence electrons for an atom

determine if atom exhibits appropriate # of electrons


# of valence electrons determined
are
by group on periodic table


-




j:
soxygen has 7 total electrons Oxygen onlyneeds 6
:
so add
I
,
you a



H
4
-
-
H


H

.5
2
Identifying lone Pairs

To determine lone pairs on bond line drawings :




-

determine appropriate # of Valence electrons.
Oxygen -
-
determine if atom shows correct # of electrons
Oxygen atoms have negative formal charge extra electron
-

.
-
one



Bonds for
Oxygen atoms
H
j:
-
:




X Lo
I Bond + 3 lone pairs 2 bonds + 2 lone pairs 3 bonds + 1 lone pair




Key Idea Each atom : most make an octet ,
very electronegative atoms
rarely would be
missing an octet


2 6 Carbon atoms W/
.
formal Charges
-Carbon atoms 4 bonds doesn't have formal
generally have
only when it a charge .
-

When a Carbon atom has a positive or
negative charge -> it will have b bonds rather than 4


C -
Carbon is missing an electron ( ) +




t

Sa V +
&
no
hydrogen
atoms
one
hydrogenTwo hydrogen
atom atoms R
Sp hybridized Sp3 hybridized

C- Carbon has one extra electron () Empty Porbital lone pair in hybrid orbital


-
Will have I bonds and one love pair



S - T
N .




Onehydrogen
Two
no
hydrogen hydrogea
atoms atoms

, Friday Aug 19 Steric# = # of electron bonds

Ch1 .
See 1 7 , 1 10 1 12
.
,
. .
-1 = n -
Spr

Wave mechanics/quantum Mechanics Sp3 = 4 =
109 .
5
·


the nature of matter Spr 3 120
Changed how we view =
=
-




·


Wave equation : describes total energy of a
hydrogen atom Sp = 2 = 180
-
takes the wave like behavior of an electron that is in the electron field of a proton into account



4 : Wavefunction the ,
energy of the electron is quantized

Each Wavefunction is a function of Spatial location

-


X2 : indicates the
probability of finding the electron in that location


Orbital : of space that
region can be occupied by an electron

↳ atomic orbitals - S , P d f
, ,




M
.
t




Genode)
ancre To
Phase of the wave

-




N = > electron
0 -
density =

Aufbar Principle lowest Orbital is filled first
:
energy
Parli exclusion Principle: Each orbital can
occupy a max of 2 elections Wh opp spins - 1/1
Hund's rule : one orbital is placed in each before
pairing them up


2p

Tenergy
- - -




=2

1 10 .
hybrid atomic Orbitals



**
bonds

Carbon

excitement
energy


a bonds all bonds in compound single
-
a are




>
not affected



Ethylene
Hi

, c Sp ⑰ -




3 bonds not 4-sp2
hybridized JP2 carbon atom

off porbital




nord
soft bund
bond

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