The chapter of “Nature of Bonding in Organic Molecules” from the book entitled “A Textbook of Organic Chemistry – Volume 1” covers the following topics:
Nature of Bonding in Organic molecules: Delocalized chemical bonding; Conjugation; Cross conjugation; Resonance; Hyperconjugation; Tautomerism; Aromaticity in benzenoid and nonbenzenoid compounds; Alternant and non-alternant hydrocarbons; Huckel’s rule: Energy level of p-molecular orbitals; Annulenes; Antiaromaticity; Homo-aromaticity; PMO approach; Bonds weaker than covalent; Addition compounds: crown ether complexes and cryptands, inclusion compounds, cyclodextrins; Catenanes and rotaxanes.
