Orgo Ch 1 Vocab

a method of drawing curved arros to keep track of electron movement from nucleophile to electrophile (or within a molecule) during the course of a reaction

orbitals with identical energies

a charge which is spread out over two or more atoms

electron donation or withdrawal through the sigma bond of a molecule

a flat (planar) region of space with zero electron density

the belief that syntheses of organic compounds require the presence of a "vital force"