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Bonding and molecules
Advanced Lewis, formal VSEPR (Gillespie), hybridization, molecular orbital theory, energy diagrams.
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Advanced Lewis theory
Formal charges, hypervalence, octet exceptions, resonance, bond order.
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VSEPR / Gillespie
AXₙEₘ formalism, systematic geometry prediction. Pathological cases and limits.
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Orbital hybridization
sp, sp², sp³, sp³d, sp³d²: geometries, examples (methane, benzene, SF₆). σ and π overlap.
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Molecular orbital theory
AO → MO: linear combination, bonding/antibonding MOs. Diagrams for homo/heteronuclear diatomics.
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Energy diagrams
Building an MO diagram, bond order, magnetic properties (O₂ is paramagnetic).