Chapter Profile

The content in  this    chapter should  be  relevant    to  about   3%  of  all questions   about   Organic

Chemistry   on  the MCAT.

This    chapter covers  material    from    the following   AAMC    content categories:

4E: Atoms,  nuclear decay,  electronic  structure,  and atomic  chemical    behavior

5B: Nature  of  molecules   and intermolecular  interactions

Introduction

Now that we have an understanding of nomenclature and how compounds are related, we are ready
to start examining the real nature of chemical bonding. Bonding determines how atoms come