a) Kossel - Lewis approach to chemical bond formation a) Kossel - Lewis approach to chemical bond formation b) concept of ionic and covalent bonds. b-1) Ionic Bonding: Formation of ionic bonds, factors affecting the formation of ionic bonds; calculation of lattice enthalpy. b-2) Covalent Bonding: Concept of electronegativity b-3) Fajan’s rule b-4) dipole moment b-5) Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory and shapes of simple molecules. c) Quantum mechanical approach to covalent bonding: Valence bond theory - Its important features, concept of hybridization involving s, p and d orbitals; Resonance. d) Molecular Orbital Theory - Its important features d-1) LCAOs d-2) types of molecular orbitals (bonding, anti bonding) d-3) sigma and pi-bonds e) molecular orbital electronic configurations of homonuclear diatomic molecules f) concept of bond order, bond length and bond energy. g) Elementary idea of metallic bonding. h) Hydrogen bonding and its applications.
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