CHAPTER 9
COVALENT BONDING
202-NYA-05 – Winter 2021
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Covalent Bonding
ATOMS MOLECULES
Quantum mechanical model Localized electron model
Electron pair repulsion
• Are these two views compatible?
• If not, how can we reconcile them?
• Can we extend the quantum mechanical model to molecules?
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BONDING: GENERAL CONCEPTS
9.1 Hybridization and the Localized Electron Model
8.2 The Molecular Orbital Model
8.3 Bonding in Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules
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BONDING: GENERAL CONCEPTS
HYBRIDIZATION AND
THE LOCALIZED
ELECTRON MODEL