Table of Contents

1. The Evolving Realm of Inorganic Chemistry.
PART 1: COORDINATION CHEMISTRY.
2. An Introduction to Coordination Chemistry.
3. Structures of Coordination Compounds.
4. Bonding Theories for Coordination Compounds.
5. Rates and Mechanisms of Reactions of Coordination Compounds.
6. Applications of Coordination Compounds.
PART 2: SOLID-STATE CHEMISTRY.
7. Solid-State Structures.
8. Solid-State Energetics.
PART 3: DESCRIPTIVE CHEMISTRY OF THE REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTS.
9. Building a Network of Ideas to Make Sense of the Periodic Table.
10. Hydrogen and Hydrides.
11. Oxygen, Aqueous Solutions, and the Acid-Base Character of Oxides and Hydroxides.
12. Group 1A: The Alkali Metals.
13. Group 2A: The Alkaline-Earth Metals.
14. The Group 3A Elements.
15. The Group 4A Elements.
16. Group 5A: The Pnicogens.
17. Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, and Polonium.
18. Group 7A: The Halogens.
19. Group 8A: The Noble Gases.

About the Author

Dr. Glen E. Rodgers is a Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA. Educated at Tufts University (BS, 1966) and Cornell University (PhD, 1971), he taught for five years at Muskingum College in Ohio before moving to Allegheny where he taught from 1975 to 2005. He taught introductory chemistry on several levels, chemistry for nurses, chemistry for non-science majors, a First Seminar" entitled "The Making of the Atomic Bomb: More Bang for Your Buck", a "Sophomore Seminar" entitled "Communicating Chemistry," inorganic chemistry (on both the sophomore and advanced undergraduate levels), and numerous interdisciplinary courses with colleagues in history, education, English, philosophy, psychology, and economics. He has received a variety of teaching honors including the 1993 Julian Ross Award, presented by Allegheny College "for singular accomplishments and contributions through excellence in teaching." He and his wife have led or co-led several Allegheny travel seminars to places such as England, Scotland, Paris, Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Poland and Russia. Now a full time writer, his current and future projects include a book with the working title "Traveling with the Atom." He lives with his wife Kathleen in southern New Hampshire. They are the parents of three daughters, Jennifer, Emily, and Rebecca."