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The electrons responsible for bonding are those in the outer shell, or valence shell, of an atom. Valence shell electrons are those that were not present in the preceding noble gas orbitals. We will focus attention on these electrons in our discussion of covalent bonding. The electrons in the lower energy nohle gas configuration are not directly involved in covalent bonding and are often referred to as core electrons. Lewis formulas show the number of valence shell electrons in a polyatomic molecule or ion (see Sections 7-5 through 7-9). We will write Lewis formulas for each molecule or polyatomic ion we discuss. The theories introduced in this chapter apply equally well to polyatomic molecules and to ions. 

We will first discuss the basic ideas and application of these two theories. Then we wUl learn how the important molecular property oipolarity depends on molecular shape. Most of this chapter will then be devoted to studying how these ideas are applied to various types of polyatomic molecules and ions. 

Different instructors prefer to cover these two theories in different ways. Your instruetor will tell you the order in which you should study the material in this ehapter. Regardless of how you study this chapter, Tables 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, and 8-4 are important summaries, and you should refer to them often. 

One approach is to discuss both the VSEPR theory and the VB theory together, emphasizing how they complement each other. If your instructor prefers this parallel approach, you should study the chapter in the order in which it is presented. 

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A Preview of the Chapter 8-2 Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory 8-3 Polar Molecules The Influence of Molecular Geometry 8-4 Valence Bond (VB) Theory... 

A Preview of the Chapter 8-2 Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory... 

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I An overview chapter, A Preview of Carbonyl Chemistry, follows Chapter 18 and highlights the author s belief that studying organic chemistry requires both summarizing and Looking ahead. 

From Sect. 2.8.6, it is clear that FEP calculations for many systems of practical interest are expected to be computationally very demanding. It is, thus, important to develop numerical techniques that allow us to apply the theory outlined so far in an efficient manner. If properly used, these techniques make calculations better in every sense - i.e., they improve both their accuracy and efficiency. It is, therefore, highly recommended that they be employed in practical applications of FEP. Chapter 6 is devoted entirely to this topic. Here, we only give the reader a preview of a few issues that will be covered in that chapter. In addition, we will discuss two other promising techniques that fall outside the conceptual framework developed in Chap. 6. 

We Mid in A Preview of Cttrbonyl Com-pOunds (p. 743) that much of the diemii try of carbonyl compounds can bo explained by just four fundamental reaction types nucleoptiilic additions, nucleophitic acyl substitutions, carbonyl condensations Having studied the characteristics of ituctcophilic addition reactions and nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions in die past three chapters. Jet s now look in more detail at the third major carbonyl-group process—the a aub Ututlon reaction. 

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The chapter contains a review of the free hydrogen atom eigenfunctions in the spherical, spheroconal, parabolic, and prolate spheroidal coordinates an overview of our own works for confinement by most of the above-mentioned boundaries and a preview of problems on confined atoms and molecules of current and future investigations. 

With these preliminaries in mind, the topics of this chapter and the references have been selected by the author, from the perspective of his own work, in order to illustrate some of the advances. In a natural way, and while examining the literature, the author has also identified pathways that may lead to additional advances as well as misreadings, mistakes and inconsistencies, which upon clarification, may also allow further advances. The chapter contains a sample of comments, a review of the free hydrogen atom, an overview of the confined hydrogen atom, and a preview of ongoing investigations as discussed next. 

When you start a new chapter, be sure to preview it before you begin reading a section within the chapter. Taking time to get an overview of the concepts within the chapter will help you become a more efficient learner. 

Chapter 2 introduces the basic techniques, ideas, and notations of quantum chemistry. A preview of Hartree-Fock theory and configuration interaction is used to motivate the study of Slater determinants and the evaluation of matrix elements between such determinants. A simple model system (minimal basis H2) is introduced to illustrate the development. This model and its many-body generalization N independent H2 molecules) reappear in all subsequent chapters to illuminate the formalism. Although not essential for the comprehension of the rest of the book, we also present here a self-contained discussion of second quantization. 

Leucine is an important synthetic starting material for the preparation of statine and its derivative (see chapter six, section 6.3) due to the biologicai importance of those compounds. The synthesis of other derivatives, some cieariy related to statine, will be presented in this section. The reactions noted here are largely presented as a preview for the synthetic strategies used to prepare statine. 

Application to NMR Spectroscopy As a preview of what is to come later in this chapter when we study NMR spectroscopy, let us look briefly at the carbon atoms of ethane to see whether we can use a similar method to decide whether they are homotopic or heterotopic, and whether ethane would give one or two signals. Here we can make our imaginary replacements using a silicon atom. 

An overview titled A Preview of Carbonyl Chemistry, following Chapter 13, highlights the idea that studying organic chemistry works by both summarizing past ideas and looking ahead to new ones. 

In the last 30 years, the catalysis of hydrogenation by metal complexes in solution (homogeneous catalysis) has become more popular, because of the specific types of selectivity (and in some cases very high activity) that can be obtained. A preview of some reactions of this type is shown in Figure 11.92 we will return to this topic in more detail in Chapter 23. In the first... 

We continue with a brief outline of the Purpose of thermodynamics, i.e. the role that thermodynamics plays in the Chemical and Petroleum Industries, and close with a series of Examples that give a brief preview of the type of problems to be addressed in future Chapters. 

As each functional group is discussed in future chapters, the spectroscopic properties of that group will be described. For the present, we ll point out some distinguishing features of the hydrocarbon functional groups already studied and briefly preview some other common functional groups. We should also point out, however, that in addition to interpreting absorptions that ore present in an IR spectrum, it s also possible to get structural information by noticing which absorptions are not present. If the spectrum of a compound has no absorptions at 3300 and 2150 cm-1, the compound is not a terminal alkyne if the spectrum has no absorption near 3400 cm -, the compound Is not an alcohol and so on. 

In the next five chapters, we ll discuss the chemistry of the carbonyl group, C=0 (pronounced car-bo-neel). Although there are many different kinds of carbonyl compounds and many different reactions, there are only a few fundamental principles that tie the entire field together. The purpose of this brief preview is not to show details of specific reactions but rather to provide a framework for learning carbonyl-group chemistry. Read through this preview now, and return to it on occasion to remind yourself of the larger picture. 

A preview We can derive the ultimate gain and ultimate period (or frequency) with stability analyses. In Chapter 7, we use the substitution s = jco in the closed-loop characteristic equation. In Chapter 8, we make use of what is called the Nyquist stability criterion and Bode plots. 

Professor Mark s story is told in three chapters by the Editor and four reminiscences by Rudolf Brill (whose association with Mark dates back to 1922), Hans Mark (his son), Linus Pauling, and Maurice Morton. The history of polymer science is given in separate chapters by the Editor, Robert Simha (who has worked with Professor Mark in two countries), and Carl Speed Marvel. One chapter by Charles Carraher gives an up to the minute report on the status of polymer education. The remainder of the book is a collection of reviews and previews of specific, timely topics in polymer science. Despite the diversity of topics, each area covered has contributions from Herman Mark. 

Why Do We Need to Know This Material Each chapter opens with a question students always have Why do we need to know this material Students should be encouraged to ask that question, and we present some answers in the chapter preview. There we describe how the concepts to follow fit into the framework of chemistry and relate to the everyday world. 

In order to get a first impression about the contents of the twelve individual chapters, we shall now briefly preview each one separately.3... 

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