4: Introduction to Molecules — Read

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4.1: Why do Molecules Matter?
4.2: Lewis Structures
4.3: Lewis Structures and Multiple Bonding
4.4: Lewis Structures and Polyatomic Molecules
4.5: Lewis and Formal Charge
Looking at the structure of a molecule can help us to understand or to predict the behavior of that compound. One of the tools that we will eventually use to understand reactivity is formal charge. That is because reactivity has to do with the reorganization of electrons between atoms. New chemical bonds are formed by sharing electrons. Old chemical bonds are broken when one atom takes the bonding electrons away from another atom.
4.6: The Need for Resonance Structures
4.7: Which Bonds are Ionic and Which are Covalent?
4.8: Line Drawings
4.9: Three Dimensional Drawings
4.10: Other Geometries
4.11: Controversial Lewis Structures
4.12: Organic Functional Groups
4.13: Common Biomolecules
4.14: Drawings for Large Biological Compounds
4.15: Application Problems
4.16: Solutions to Selected Problems

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