Formal charge is something that I've written about in an AP context on more than one previous occasion, and you can read those posts here and here....
Can formal charge **actually** be examined on the new AP exam?
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Blog Archive
Big Idea 2
More, potentially useless Wordles
I recently re-visited the Wordles that I first produced in June of 2013 for the original versions of my AP Chemistry notes for Big Ideas 1-6. You...
Effect of lone pairs in VSEPR now irrelevant to the AP exam??
I'm not sure, but there is evidence to suggest that just might be the case. There's a nagging irony about the LO's in the new AP Chemistry...
Choosing between resonance and hybridization
A question came up on the College Board’s AP chemistry discussion group recently that I have seen many times before (including many variations of...
Subscriber Updates (04-29-14)
A few extremely minor grammatical tweaks have been made to the Unit 2 notes.
Which R do I use?
NOTE: There is now an updated (April 2016) version of this post to reflect the new curriculum. Which R do I use? It's a common question for...
Writing good answers to AP Bonding problems
Updated 11/16/13 After the positive reaction to this post, @mcford19 suggested that I write another, similar one about writing good answers to AP...
Formal charge & Lewis structures
Following this post at the end of last month, I wanted to add some more notes about formal charge and Lewis structures, and their use on the AP...
