Basic Inorganic Chemistry

by F. Albert Cotton, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Paul L. Gaus

The text explains the basics of inorganic chemistry with a primary emphasis on facts; then uses the student's growing factual knowledge as a foundation for discussing the important principles of periodicity in structure, bonding and reactivity. This book contains separate chapters on improved treatment of atomic orbitals and properties such as electro negativity, novel approaches to the depiction of ionic structures, nomenclature for transition metal compounds, quantitative approaches to acid-base chemistry, Wade's rules for boranes and carboranes, the chemistry of major new classes of substances including fullerenes and silenes plus a chapter on the inorganic solid state. Table Of Contents: Part I First Principles Some Preliminaries Structure and Bonding in Molecules The Chemistry of Selected Anions Solvents, Solutions, Acids, and Bases Part II The Main Group Elements Hydrogen The Group IIA(2) Elements: Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, and Barium The Group IIIB(13) Elements: Aluminum, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium The Group IVB(14) Elements: Silicon, Germanium, Tin, and Lead The Group VB(15) Elements: Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, and Bismuth The Group VIB(16) Elements: Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, and Polonium The Noble Gases Part III Transition Elements Introduction to the Transition Elements: Ligand Field Theory The Elements of the Second and Third Transition Series The Actinide Elements Part IV Some Special Topics Organometallic Compounds Bioinorganic Chemistry Appendices Glossary Index Special Features: Students Instructors

860 pages, Paperback