Tutorials and Problem Sets

Tutorials

1. Short History of Bonding Prior to 1904
2. Ionic Bonds
3. Which Elements form Ionic Bonds?
4. A Brief Look at How Pauling Discovered the Electronegativity Scale
5. Electronegativity and Bond Type
6. Covalent Bond History Prior to 1916
7. Gilbert Newton Lewis and the Covalent Bond
8. Lewis Dot Diagrams - Rules for Writing
9. Lewis Dot Diagrams I - Obeying The Octet Rule
10. Lewis Dot Diagrams II - Expanded Octets
11. Dot Diagram Worksheet
12. Another Handout on How to Draw Lewis Structures
13. Lewis Diagrams III - Odd Electron Molecules
14. Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory of Molecular Geometry
15. Predicting Polarity of Simple Covalent Molecules
16. Formal Charge
17. Resonance

Problem Sets

Other Resources

Videos

1. Molecular Model Building - Alkanes I: CH₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₈
2. Molecular Model Building - Alkanes II: C₄H₁₀
3. Molecular Model Building - Alkanes III: C₅H₁₂
4. Molecular Model Building - Alkanes IV: C₆H₁₄
5. Molecular Model Building - Alkanes V: C₄H₁₆
6. Molecular Model Building - Alcohols and Ethers I: CH₃OH, C₂H₅OH, C₃H₇OH
7. Molecular Model Building - Alcohols and Ethers II: C₄H₉OH
8. Molecular Model Building: Cis-Trans Isomerism

Links

Miscellaneous

1. Molecular Model Building Lab