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Tables of Contents for Inorganic Chemistry
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
4
To the Student
xiv
2
Excerpts from the Preface to the Third Edition
xvi
Chapter 1 What Is Inorganic Chemistry?
1
9
Inorganic Chemistry, the Beginnings
1
1
Inorganic Chemistry, an Example
2
1
Chemical Structure of Zeolites and Other Chemical Systems
3
2
Chemical Reactivity
5
2
Conclusion
7
3
Chapter 2 The Structure of the Atom
10
36
The Hydrogen Atom
10
10
The Polyelectronic Atom
20
26
Chapter 3 Symmetry and Group Theory
46
46
Symmetry Elements and Symmetry Operations
46
7
Point Groups and Molecular Symmetry
53
6
Irreducible Representations and Character Tables
59
4
Uses of Point Group Symmetry
63
11
Crystallography
74
18
Chapter 4 Bonding Models in Inorganic Chemistry: 1. Ionic Compounds
92
46
The Ionic Bond
92
7
Lattice Energy
99
13
Size Effects
112
15
The Predictive Power of Thermochemical Calculations on Ionic Compounds
127
2
Covalent Character in Predominantly Ionic Bonds
129
5
Conclusion
134
4
Chapter 5 Bonding Models in Inorganic Chemistry: 2. The Covalent Bond
138
65
Valence Bond Theory
139
14
Molecular Orbital Theory
153
29
Electronegativity
182
21
Chapter 6 The Structure and Reactivity of Molecules
203
49
The Structure of Molecules
203
17
Structure and Hybridization
220
12
Bond Lengths
232
1
Experimental Determination of Molecular Structure
233
4
Some Simple Reactions of Covalently Bonded Molecules
237
15
Chapter 7 The Solid State
252
38
The Structures of Complex Solids
253
10
Imperfections in Crystals
263
3
Conductivity in Ionic Solids
266
3
Solids Held Together by Covalent Bonding
269
7
Solid-State Materials with Polar Bonds
276
14
Chapter 8 Chemical Forces
290
28
Internuclear Distances and Atomic Radii
290
6
Types of Chemical Forces
296
4
Hydrogen Bonding
300
7
Effects of Chemical Forces
307
11
Chapter 9 Acid-Base Chemistry
318
41
Acid-Base Concepts
318
12
Measures of Acid-Base Strength
330
14
Hard and Soft Acids and Bases
344
15
Chapter 10 Chemistry in Aqueous and Nonaqueous Solvents
359
28
Water
360
1
Nonaqueous Solvents
360
14
Molten Salts
374
4
Electrode Potentials and Electromotive Forces
378
9
Chapter 11 Coordination Chemistry: Bonding, Spectra, and Magnetism
387
85
Bonding in Coordination Compounds
391
1
Valence Bond Theory
391
3
Crystal Field Theory
394
19
Molecular Orbital Theory
413
20
Electronic Spectra of Complexes
433
26
Magnetic Properties of Complexes
459
13
Chapter 12 Coordination Chemistry: Structure
472
65
Coordination Number 1
472
1
Coordination Number 2
473
1
Coordination Number 3
474
1
Coordination Number 4
474
5
Coordination Number 5
479
9
Coordination Number 6
488
15
Coordination Number 7
503
4
Coordination Number 8
507
2
Higher Coordination Numbers
509
2
Generalizations about Coordination Numbers
511
2
Linkage Isomerism
513
8
Other Types of Isomerism
521
1
The Chelate Effect
522
15
Chapter 13 Coordination Chemistry: Reactions, Kinetics, and Mechanisms
537
40
Substitution Reactions in Square Planar Complexes
538
9
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Stability
547
1
Kinetics of Octahedral Substitution
548
9
Mechanisms of Redox Reactions
557
20
Chapter 14 Some Descriptive Chemistry of the Metals
577
46
General Periodic Trends
578
2
Chemistry of the Various Oxidation States of Transition Metals
580
2
The Chemistry of Elements Potassium-Zinc: Comparison by Electron Configuration
582
5
The Chemistry of the Heavier Transition Metals
587
1
Oxidation States and EMFs of Groups 1-12
588
11
The Lanthanide and Actinide Elements
599
9
Coordination Chemistry
608
5
The Transactinide Elements
613
10
Chapter 15 Organometallic Chemistry
623
115
The 18-Electron Rule
624
6
Metal Carbonyl Complexes
630
20
Nitrosyl Complexes
650
3
Dinitrogen Complexes
653
2
Metal Alkyls, Carbenes, Carbynes, and Carbides
655
7
Nonaromatic Alkene and Alkyne Complexes
662
7
Metallocenes
669
17
Reactions of Organometallic Complexes
686
19
Catalysis by Organometallic Compounds
705
18
Stereochemically Nonrigid Molecules
723
7
Conclusion
730
8
Chapter 16 Inorganic Chains, Rings, Cages, and Clusters
738
86
Chains
738
27
Rings
765
20
Cages
785
4
Boron Cage Compounds
789
18
Metal Clusters
807
12
Conclusion
819
5
Chapter 17 The Chemistry of the Halogens and the Noble Gases
824
33
Noble Gas Chemistry
825
12
Halogens in Positive Oxidation States
837
11
Halides
848
4
Pseudohalogens
852
1
Electrochemistry of the Halogens and Pseudohalogens
853
4
Chapter 18 Periodicity
857
32
First- and Second-Row Anomalies
858
3
The Use of p Orbitals in Pi Bonding
861
5
The Use (or Not) of d Orbitals by Nonmetals
866
9
Reactivity and d Orbital Participation
875
1
Periodic Anomalies of the Nonmetals and Posttransition Metals
876
13
Chapter 19 The Inorganic Chemistry of Biological Systems
889
Energy Sources for Life
889
2
Metalloporphyrins and Respiration
891
4
Dioxygen Binding, Transport, and Utilization
895
16
Electron Transfer, Respiration, and Photosynthesis
911
8
Enzymes
919
14
Nitrogen Fixation
933
2
The Biochemistry of Iron
935
6
Essential and Trace Elements in Biological Systems
941
12
Biochemistry of the Nonmetals
953
1
Medicinal Chemistry
954
6
Summary
960
1
Postscript
960
Appendix A The Literature of Inorganic Chemistry
A-1
2
Appendix B Units and Conversion Factors
A-3
4
Appendix C Atomic States and Term Symbols
A-7
6
Appendix D Character Tables
A-13
8
Appendix E Bond Energies and Bond Lengths
A-21
14
Appendix F An Overview of Standard Reduction Potentials of the Elements
A-35
3
Appendix G Tanabe-Sugano Diagrams
A-38
2
Appendix H Models, Stereochemistry, and the Use of Stereopsis
A-40
6
Appendix I The Rules of Inorganic Nomenclature
A-46
32
Index
A-78