Bonding

Keywords: ionic, covalent, polar, reactivity, Lewis dot, resonance, valence

  1. Ionic bind (electrostatic forces between ions)

  2. Covalent bond
    1. Lewis electron dot formulas
      1. Resonance structures
      2. Formal charge
      3. Lewis acid, Lewis base
      4. Valence shell electron pair repulsion and the prediction of shapes of molecules
    2. Partial ionic character
      1. Role of electronegativity in determining charge distribution
      2. Dipole moment