Table of Contents

Preface; Preface to Second Edition; The Chemical Bond - Early Concepts; Matter Waves; Atomic Orbitals; Periodicity of the Elements; Molecular Electronic Wave Functions; The LCAO Approximations to Molecular Orbitals; Symmetry and Orbitals; Molecular Orbitals and Electron-pair Bond; The Independent-electron Model; Band Theory of Polymers and Solids; The Concept of a Perturbation; Ligand Field Theory; The Concepts of Valence Bond Theory; The Chemical Bond and Reactivity; Intermolecular Forces; Ab-Initio Calculations; Subject Index; Chemical Formula and Substance Index.