Organic Chemistry 201

Chapter 2   Bonding and Molecular Properties

The following are items that you need to know for Exam I:

Organic Chemistry is the chemistry of the covalent bond.

Elements (C, H, N, O, S, P) and number of valance bonds

Formal Charge

Resonance Structures (Forms)

Acidity & Basicity: pKa

Lowry-Bronsted & Lewis definitions of acids & bases

Acidity Series (pKa list)