Inorganic Chemistry

GARY WULFSBERG, Middle Tennessee State University

INORGANIC IONS AND SIMPLE MOLECULES IN CHEMISTRY AND IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.- Periodic Trends in Fundamental Properties of Atoms and Simple Ions.- Monoatomic Ions and Their Acid-Base Reactivity.- Polyatomic Ions and Their Acid-Base Properties.- Ionic Solids and Precipitation Reactions of Hydrated Ions.- Trends in Coordination Equilibria.- Principles of Oxidation-Reduction Reactivity.- Thermochemical Analyses of Reactivity Trends.- Introduction to Transition Metal Complexes.- INORGANIC SUBSTANCES AND MATERIALS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS.- Symmetry.- Molecular Orbital Theory.- Transition-Metal Organometallic Compounds and Catalysis.- The Elements and Their Physical Properties.- Oxides of the Elements.- The Halides, Nitrides, and Sulfides of the Elements.- Hydrides, Alkyls, and Aryls of the Elements.- Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms.- Advanced Topics: Excited Electronic States, Photochemistry, and Activated Molecules.- Appendices A-C.- Index.