Study guide for Chapter 9
You should be able to:
• determine the shape of a molecule or ion; use this to decide if the molecule has a
permanent dipole moment.
• discuss covalent bonding in terms of overlap of atomic orbitals for single, multiple,
and delocalized bonds.
• understand the concept of hybridization; decide the hybridization of an atom in the
molecule (ion).
• understand how molecular orbitals can be obtained from atomic orbitals; discuss
diatomic molecules made of first and second row atoms and their properties (such as
paramagnetism and bond order) in terms of MO theory.
