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An integrated approach to inorganic chemistry that provides students with a unified and contemporary view of the field.
List of contents
- 1: What is inorganic chemistry, and why study it?
- 2: A brief review of physical chemistry
- 3: Basics of bonding: the 2-Center 2-Electron (2c2e) Bond
- 4: The shapes of main group molecules: the VSEPR Mode
- 5: Symmetry and group theory
- 6: Group theory and molecular orbital theory
- 7: Hybridization-based theories of bonding: applications within the main group
- 8: Main group bonding
- 9: Applying bonding principles to main group reactivity and properties
- 10: Introduction to transition metal chemistry
- 11: Basics of transition metal bonding 1: Simple ligands including olefins, diatomics, phosphines and hydrides
- 12: Basics of transition metal bonding 2: conjugated p-systems, metal-ligand multiple bonds, and other ligand types
- 13: Thermodynamic considerations in reactivity: acid-base theory and redox reactions
- 14: Understanding transition metal complexes using hybridization-based theory
- 15: The one-electron picture of transition metal electronic structure
- 16: Optical spectroscopy and excited state electronic structure
- 17: Kinetics and mechanisms of ligand substitutions
- 18: Reactivity in organometallic chemistry
- 19: Solid-state chemistry
- 20: Bioinorganic chemistry
- 21: f-Element chemistry
- Appendix A, Polar covalence
- Appendix B, Some representative bond distances and bond energies
- Appendix C, Tabulated values for determination of bond order: r0 and b
- Appendix D, Character tables
- Appendix E, Review of matrix manipulations
- Appendix F, Expansion of the AOM to include S4 terms
- Appendix G, Matrices associated with strong field parameters
- Appendix H, Changes in atomic radius with charge and coordination number
- Appendix I, Imaginary numbers and complex conjugates
- Appendix J, Standard reduction potentials
- Appendix K, Valence orbital energies
- Appendix L, Shapes of the f-orbitals
- Appendix M, Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO) Molecular Orbital Method Review
- Appendix N, Pascals Constants and the Diamagnetic Susceptibility
About the author
Aaron Odom
Aaron has a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is currently a Professor of Chemistry at Michigan State University. His research group studies inorganic and organic synthesis, applications of catalysis to pharmacologically active compounds, and modeling of catalytic reactions.
Remi Beaulac
Remi Beaulac has a Ph.D. from University of Montreal and is currently a Professor of Chemistry at Swarthmore College. His research is in energy processes in inorganic nanomaterials.
Adam R. Johnson
Adam R. Johnson is a Professor of Chemistry at Harvey Mudd College where his research group studies chiral early metal complexes. He is a founding member of the Interactive Online Network of Inorganic Chemists.
Mitch R. Smith
Smith took what he learned about synthesis, reactivity, and mechanistic studies from his mentors Dick Andersen and Greg Hillhouse, and applied them in the field of catalysis. Researchers from Smith's group and those from groups of his collaborators have made important advances in C-H functionalization, electrocatalysis, and polymer science.
James K. McCusker
Jim McCusker received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and is a Foundation Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Michigan State University. In his research, he studies fundamental aspects and applications of ultrafast processes and magnetic behavior in inorganic complexes.
Chip Nataro
Chip Nataro is the Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Chemistry at Lafayette College in Easton, PA, USA. His research focuses on the synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications of transition metal compounds with bis(phosphino)metallocene ligands.
Summary
An integrated approach to inorganic chemistry that provides students with a unified and contemporary view of the field.
Additional text
An excellent inorganic chemistry book that offers an integrated approach.
