Inorganic Chemistry

James E. House is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Illinois State University, USA, and Scholar in Residence at Illinois Wesleyan University, USA. He received B.S. and M.A. degrees from Southern Illinois University and the Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana. In over 50 years of teaching, he taught numerous courses in inorganic and physical chemistry and several special topics courses. His research resulted in over 150 publications in professional journals, many dealing with reactions of solids. He has authored several books on kinetics, quantum mechanics, and inorganic chemistry for Elsevier. He is the Series Editor for Developments in Physical & Theoretical Chemistry for Elsevier and has also edited volumes in the series. House was elected as a Fellow of the Illinois State Academy of Science and he has done extensive consulting in the chemical industry. He was selected as Professor of the Year in 2011 by the student body at Illinois Wesleyan University and in 2018 he was inducted into the Southern Illinois University Chemistry Alumni Hall of Fame.

PART 1.  STRUCTURE OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES 
1. Light, Electrons, and Nuclei 
2. Basic Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Structure 
3. Covalent Bonding in Diatomic Molecules 
4. A Survey of Inorganic Structures and Bonding
5. Symmetry and Molecular Orbitals 

PART 2.  CONDENSED PHASES 
6. Dipole Moments and Intermolecular Interactions 
7. Ionic Bonding and Structures of Solids
8. Dynamic Processes Involving Inorganic Solids

PART 3.  ACIDS, BASES, AND SOLVENTS  
9. Acid-Base Chemistry
10. Chemistry in Nonaqueous Solvents

PART 4.  CHEMISTRY OF THE ELEMENTS 
11. Chemistry of Metallic Elements  
12. Organometallic Compounds of  the Main Group Elements
13. Chemistry of Nonmetallic Elements I.  Hydrogen, Boron, Oxygen and Carbon  
14. Chemistry of Nonmetallic Elements II. Groups IVA and VA
15. Chemistry of Nonmetallic Elements III.  Groups VIA -VIIIA

PART 5.  CHEMISTRY OF COORDINATION COMPOUNDS 
16. Introduction to Coordination Chemistry 
17. Ligand Fields and Molecular Orbitals  
18. Interpretation of Spectra from Coordination Compounds 
19. Composition and Stability of Complexes 
20. Synthesis and Reactions of Coordination Compounds 
21. Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon and Metal-Metal Bonds 
22. Coordination Compounds in Catalysis  
23. Bioinorganic Chemistry