Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry

The Tools of Chemical Interpretation. Useful Atomic Concepts. Basic Concepts of Molecular Topologies. The Directed Atomic Orbital View of Chemical Bonds. The Undirected Orbital View of Chemical Bonds. Descriptive Non-Metal Chemistry with Interpretations. The Donor/Acceptor Concept. Non-Metal Compounds: Important Functional Groups. Non-Metal Compounds: Functional Group Reaction Mechanisms. Non-Metal Compounds: Systematics of Functional Group Transformation. Descriptive Transition Metal Chemistry with Interpretations. Fundamental Concepts for Transition Metal Complexes. Coordination Chemistry: Structural Aspects. Coordination Chemistry: Isomerism. Coordination Chemistry: Reaction Mechanisms and Methods of Synthesis: Electron Transfer Reactions. Coordination Chemistry: Reaction Mechanisms and Methods of Synthesis: Substitution Reactions. Coordination Chemistry: Reaction Mechanisms and Methods of Synthesis: Molecular Rearrangements and Reactions of Coordinated Ligands. From Classical to Organometallic Transition Metal Complexes and the Sixteen and Eighteen Electron Rule. Organometallic Chemistry. Synthesis, Structure, And Bonding. Organometallic Compounds: Reaction Pathways. Catalysis Involving Organometallic Compounds. Biochemical Applications. Compound Index. Subject Index.