Organic Chemistry Primer

• 1. Fundamental concepts
• 2. Mathematical predictions
• 3. Paradigms are working models
• 4. Creation of art is the purpose of life

• 1. Inductive effect
• 2. Resonance effect
• 3. Change in hybridization
• 4. Influence of neighboring groups

If two different atoms are covalently bonded then the atom with the greater electronegativity will carry a partial positive charge and the less electronegative atom will carry a partial negative charge. As the inductive effect pull electrons away from an atom it causes hydrogen atoms to behave as lewis acids and it shifts peaks downfield in NMR spectroscopy.