Nature of Bonding in Organic Molecules

Lesson Structure

1.1     Objectives 

1.2     Introduction

1.3     Delocalized chemical bonding

1.4     Conjugation and Cross-conjugation

1.5     Resonance 

1.6     Hyperconjugation

1.7     Tautomerism 

1.8     Hückel’s rules and Aromaticity

1.9     Anti-aromaticity

1.10   Homoaromaticity

1.11   Benzenoid and non-benzenoid aromatic compounds

1.12   Alteranant and non-alteranant hydrocarbon

1.13   Annulenes 

1.14   Addition compounds

1.14.1 Crown ether complexes

1.14.2 Cryptands   

1.14.3 Inclusion compounds     

1.14.4 Catenanes and rotaxanes    

1.14.5 Ionic liquids    

1.15   Summary

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