Orbital Interactions in Chemistry

Atomic and Molecular Orbitals. Concepts of Bonding and Orbital Interaction. Perturbational Molecular Orbital Theory. Symmetry Considerations. Molecular Orbital Construction from Fragment Orbitals. Molecular Orbitals of Diatomic Molecules and Electronegativity Perturbation. Molecular Orbitals and Geometrical Perturbations. State Wavefunctions and State Energies. Molecular Orbitals of Small Building Blocks. Molecules with Two Heavy Atoms. Orbital Interactions Through Space and Through Bonds. Polyenes and Conjugated Systems. Solids. Hypervalent Molecules. Transition Metal Complexes: A Starting Point at the Octahedron. Square Planar, Tetrahedral ML4 Complexes and Electron Counting. Five Coordination. The C2v ML3 Fragment. The ML2 and ML4 Fragments. Complexes of ML3, MCp and Cp2?M. The Isolobal Analogy. Cluster Compounds.