Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION; Inorganic Chemistry and the Discovery of the Elements; Development; Recent Advances; Inorganic Nomenclature; Approach to Inorganic Chemistry and Further Reading; Problems; THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND THE PROPERTIES OF ATOMS; Introduction; Theory of the Electronic Structure of Hydrogen; Many-electron Atoms; Shapes of Atomic Orbitals; Further Properties of the Elements; ; COVALENT MOLECULES; DIATOMICS; General Background; Diatomic Molecules; ; POLYATOMIC COVALENT MOLECULES; Introduction; The Shapes of Molecules and Ions Containing p Bonds Only; The Shapes of Species Containing p Bonds; General Approaches to Bonding in Polyatomic Species; Bonding in Polyatomics; The Two-centre Bond Approach; Two-centred Orbitals; Hybridisation; Delocalized, or Multi-centred, s Orbitals; p Bonding in Polyatomic Molecules; An Example of the Approach Using Delocalized Bonding Throughout; Extension to Other Molecules; Problems; ; THE SOLID STATE; Simple Ionic Crystals; The Formation of Ionic Compounds; The Born-Haber Cycle; The Lattice Energy; The Endothermic Terms in the Formation of an Ionic Solid; Bonding Which is not Purely Ionic; Metallic Bonding; Complex Ions; The Crystal Structures of Covalent Compounds; Defect Structures and Nonstoichiometric Solids; Problems; ; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; Aqueous Solutions; Solubility; Acids and Bases; Oxidation and Reduction; Nonaqueous Solvents; Solubility and Solvent Interaction in Nonaqueous Solvents; Acid-base Behaviour in Nonaqueous Solvents; General Uses of Nonaqueous Solvents; Liquid Ammonia; Anhydrous Acetic Acid; 'Superacid' Media; Bromine Trifluoride; Supercritical Fluids; Problems; ; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; Separation Methods.

Reviews

"Overall the chemistry is very solid in this book . . . I would definitely recommend that this book be stocked in a university library." – Brian Murphy, Department of Chemistry, UAE University, in Physical Sciences Educational Review, Vol. 6, No. 1"What is attractive about this book? First, it provides an exhaustive overview of the fundamental bases of inorganic chemistry. Second, boxes located in the margins or in the middle of pages provide enlightening facts about inorganic chemicals as they relate to everyday life…I am convinced these linkages between inorganic chemistry and real life are essential for attracting talented young students to the field"
- Bernard Meunier, Chemistry International , 2003