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Lewis Structures and Chemical Bonding: Terms and Definitions, Quizzes of Organic Chemistry

Definitions for various terms related to lewis structures and chemical bonding, including bonding electrons, formal charge, major resonance form, acid, base, structural effects on acidity, alcohol, ether, aldehyde, ketone, carboxylic acid, acid chloride, ester, and amide.

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2009/2010

Uploaded on 12/14/2010

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TERM 1
Lewis Structure
DEFINITION 1
bonding electrons represented by a dash line or a pair of
electron with nonbonding electrons or lone pairs shown
TERM 2
Formal Charge
DEFINITION 2
# valence - (# nonbonding e + # bonds)
TERM 3
Major Resonance Form
DEFINITION 3
as many octets as possible. as many bonds as possible. the
negative charge on most electronegative atom. has as little
charge separation as possible.
TERM 4
Acid
DEFINITION 4
donates proton
TERM 5
Base
DEFINITION 5
accepts proton
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Lewis Structure

bonding electrons represented by a dash line or a pair of

electron with nonbonding electrons or lone pairs shown

TERM 2

Formal Charge

DEFINITION 2

# valence - (# nonbonding e + # bonds)

TERM 3

Major Resonance Form

DEFINITION 3

as many octets as possible. as many bonds as possible. the

negative charge on most electronegative atom. has as little

charge separation as possible.

TERM 4

Acid

DEFINITION 4

donates proton

TERM 5

Base

DEFINITION 5

accepts proton

3 Structural Effects on Acidity

electronegativity, size, resonance

TERM 7

Alcohol

DEFINITION 7

R-OH

TERM 8

Ether

DEFINITION 8

R-O-R

TERM 9

Aldehyde

DEFINITION 9

RH=O

TERM 10

Ketone

DEFINITION 10

RC(=O)R'