ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates that as molecules become larger, drawing full structurers becomes more cumbersome. Larger, more complex molecules generally fall under the classification of organic or biochemical molecules. Most organic or biomolecules contain only C, H, N, O, F, Cl, Br, I, S, and P. Most large (usually organic) molecules will contain carbon atoms and commonly, at least, some hydrogen atoms. The halogen elements Cl, Br, and I are almost always octet bonded and will almost always be outside atoms, unless specifically stated otherwise. A bonding template can be constructed by sequential addition of required outside atoms to any central atom combination. Full Lewis structures can be simplified to a condensed formula by elimination of bond lines and lone pair notation. The key requirement to any simplification is that all information about the correct structure must be retained in the condensed form.
