Inorganic Chemistry

Catherine E. Housecroft is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She is the author of a number of textbooks and has extensive teaching experience in the UK, Switzerland, South Africa and the USA. Alan G. Sharpe is a Fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK and has had many years of experience teaching Inorganic Chemistry to undergraduates

PrefaceChapter 1: Some basic conceptsChapter 2: Nuclear propertiesChapter 3: An introduction to molecular symmetryChapter 4: Bonding in polyatomic molecules Chapter 5: Structures and energetics of metallic and ionic solidsChapter 6: Acids, bases and ions in aqueous solutionChapter 7: Reducation and oxidationChapter 8: Non-aqueous mediaChapter 9: HydrogenChapter 10: Group 1: the alkali metalsChapter 11: The group 2 metalsChapter 12: The group 13 elementsChapter 13: The group 14 elementsChapter 14: The group 15 elementsChapter 15: The group 16 elementsChapter 16: The group 17 elementsChapter 17: The group 18 elementsChapter 18: Organometallic compounds of "s"- and "p"- block elementsChapter 19: "d"-block chemistry: general considerationsChapter 20: "d"-block chemistry: coordination complexesChapter 21: "d"-block chemistry: the first row metalsChapter 22: "d"-block metal chemistry: the second and third row metalsChapter 23: Organometallic compunds of "d"-block elementsChapter 24: The "f"-block metals: lanthanoids and actinoidsChapter 25: "d"-block metal complexes: reaction mechanismsChapter 26: Homogeneous and hetrogeneous catalysisChapter 27: Some aspects of solid state chemistryChapter 28: The trace metals of life AppendicesAnswers to non-descriptive problemsIndex