Chemistry 331 - Winter 1996
Elements of Organic Chemistry I

Skills from Chapter 1 - Structure and Bonding

• review general chemistry, especially bonding
• identify electronic structure of atoms
• distinguish ionic and covalent bonds
• identify polar covalent bonds
• recognize periodic trends such as electronegativity
• write good Lewis or Kekule structures
• identify hybridization appropriate for different structures
• correlate hybridization and molecular geometry
• identify acids, bases and acid-base reactions
• predict the preferred direction of acid-base reactions from acidity constants