Basic Inorganic Chemistry

Explains the basics of inorganic chemistry with a primary emphasis on facts; then uses the student's growing factual knowledge as a foundation for discussing the important principles of periodicity in structure, bonding and reactivity. New to this updated edition: improved treatment of atomic orbitals and properties such as electronegativity, novel approaches to the depiction of ionic structures, nomenclature for transition metal compounds, quantitative approaches to acid-base chemistry, Wade's rules for boranes and carboranes, the chemistry of major new classes of substances including fullerenes and silenes plus a chapter on the inorganic solid state. Partial table of contents:

FIRST PRINCIPLES.

Some Preliminaries.

Structure and Bonding in Molecules.

The Chemistry of Selected Anions.

Solvents, Solutions, Acids, and Bases.

THE MAIN GROUP ELEMENTS.

Hydrogen.

The Group IIA(2) Elements: Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, and Barium.

The Group IIIB(13) Elements: Aluminum, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium.

The Group IVB(14) Elements: Silicon, Germanium, Tin, and Lead.

The Group VB(15) Elements: Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, and Bismuth.

The Group VIB(16) Elements: Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, and Polonium.

The Noble Gases.

TRANSITION ELEMENTS.

Introduction to the Transition Elements: Ligand Field Theory.

The Elements of the Second and Third Transition Series.

The Actinide Elements.

SOME SPECIAL TOPICS.

Organometallic Compounds.

Bioinorganic Chemistry.

Appendices.

Glossary.

Index.

F. ALBERT COTTON, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University.

SIR GEOFFREY WILKINSON, PhD, was a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine in London, United Kingdom.