AP Chem REMEMBER

  1. Carbon and hydrogen form a NONPOLAR bond

  2. VSPER: name, what it looks like, and bond angle

  3. Formal charge (# val e - # lone e - # bonds)

  4. ideal gas assumptions

  5. Solubility of salts (SNAP ions will always be soluble in water: Sodium (Na+), Nitrate (NO3-), Ammonium (NH4+), Potassium (K+))

    • any group 1 ion is soluble

    • anything with acetate (C2H3O2-) is soluble

    • if it’s not one of these, assume it’s insoluble in water, unless told otherwise

  6. how each type of radiation affects molecules (microwave - rotation, infrared - vibration, ultraviolet/visible - transitions in electronic energy levels)

  7. Oxidation Numbers Rules

  8. These strong acids which completely dissociate in water, they completely ionize

  • When writing the acid base reaction, they only work one way because the conjugate bases are too weak to work the other way