IIT JEE - Study Guide - 6. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Content of the Chapter

6.1 Causes of Chemical Combination
6.2 Lewis symbols
6.3 Octet Rule and Modes of Chemical Combination
6.4 Ionic or Electrovalent Bond
6.5 Covalent Bond
6.6 General Properties of Covalent Bond
6.7 Coordinate Covalent Bond
6.8 Formation of Ionic Bond
6.9 Lattice Enthalpy of Ionic Crystals
6.10 Born-Haber Cycle for Lattice Enthalpies
6.11 General Properties of Ionic Bonds
6.12 Geometry of Shapes of Molecules
6.13 Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory
6.14 Electronegativity – Polar and Non-Polar Character of Covalent Bonds
6.15 Valence Bond Approach of Covalent Bond
6.16 Bonding Parameters
6.17 Resonance
6.18 Directional Properties of Covalent Bonds
6.19 Metallic Bonding
6.20 Hydrogen Bonding

Conceptual Questions with Answers: 18
Additional Numerical Problems for Practice:
Revision Exercises
Very Short Answer questions: 25
Short Answer Questions: 66
Long Answer Questions: 10

Competition File
Numerical Problems
Objective Questions: 51
Fill in the blanks: 10
True or False: 10

Study Plan

Study 18 days, Revision: 11 days


Day 1
6.1 Causes of Chemical Combination
6.2 Lewis symbols
Ex. 6.1
6.3 Octet Rule and Modes of Chemical Combination

Day 2
6.4 Ionic or Electrovalent Bond
Ex. 6.2
Practice Problems 6.1 to 6.2

Day 3
6.5 Covalent Bond

Day 4
6.6 General Properties of Covalent Bond
Ex. 6.3
P.P 6.3 to 6.8

Day 5
6.7 Coordinate Covalent Bond
6.8 Formation of Ionic Bond
6.9 Lattice Enthalpy of Ionic Crystals

Day 6

6.10 Born-Haber Cycle for Lattice Enthalpies
Ex. 6.3 to 6.6

Day 7
P.P. 6.9 to 6.11
6.11 General Properties of Ionic Bonds

Day 8
6.12 Geometry of Shapes of Molecules
6.13 Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory


Day 9
6.13 contd. Or revision
P.P. 6.12 to 6.14

Day 10
6.14 Electronegativity – Polar and Non-Polar Character of Covalent Bonds
Day 11
6.14 contd. Or Revision
P.P. 6.15 to 6.18

Day 12
6.15 Valence Bond Approach of Covalent Bond

Day 13
6.16 Bonding Parameters

Day 14
6.17 Resonance

Day 15
6.18 Directional Properties of Covalent Bonds

Day 16
6.18 contd.

Day 17
6.19 Metallic Bonding
6.20 Hydrogen Bonding

Day 18

Conceptual Questions with Answers: 1 to 18


Revision Begins

Day 19
Revision Exercises: Very Short Answer questions: 1to 15

Day 20
Revision Exercises: Very Short Answer questions: 15to 25

Day 21

Revision Exercises Short Answer Questions: 1 to 15

Day 22
Revision Exercises Short Answer Questions: 16 to 30

Day 23
Revision Exercises Short Answer Questions: 31 to 45

Day 24
Revision Exercises Short Answer Questions: 46 to 66


Day 25

Competition File: Objective Questions: 1 to 20

Day 26
Competition File: Objective Questions: 21 to 35
Day 27
Competition File: Objective Questions: 36 to 51

Day 28
Fill in the blanks: 10
Day 29
True or False: 10