Essential Trends in Inorganic Chemistry

by Mingos, D. M. P.

• ISBN13: 9780198501091
• ISBN10: 0198501099
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The growth of inorganic chemistry during the last 50 years has made it difficult for the student to assimilate all the factual information available. This book is designed to help by showing how a chemist uses the Periodic Table to organize and process this mass of information. It includes adetailed discussion of the important horizontal, vertical, and diagonal trends in the properties of the atoms of the elements and their compounds. These basic principles can then be applied to more detailed problems in modern inorganic chemistry.

Table of Contents

The quantum mechanical basis of the Periodic Table	1	(34)
Introduction	1	(1)
Atomic orbitals	1	(5)
Polyelectronic atoms	6	(5)
The modern Periodic Table	11	(3)
Exchange energies	14	(1)
Closed shells and half-filled shells	15	(2)
Orbital types and the Periodic Table	17	(2)
Angular part of the wave function	19	(5)
Radial part of the wave function	24	(3)
Commonality of electronic configurations	27	(2)
Nuclear stabilities	29	(4)
Summary	33	(2)
Vertical trends for the s and p block elements	35	(127)
Trends associated with properties of isolated atoms	35	(11)
Trends associated with the physical properies of elements	46	(13)
Trends associated with the chemical properties of the elements	59	(11)
Structural and bonding aspects of compounds	70	(23)
Trends associated with physical properties of compounds	93	(11)
Trends in chemical properties of compounds	104	(9)
Modification of properties using steric and electronic effects	113	(11)
Tables of properties and summaries of trends	124	(38)
Horizontal and diagonal trends for the s and p block elements	162	(49)
Introduction	162	(1)
Variations in atomic properties	162	(7)
Variations in physical properties of the elements	169	(4)
Variations in chemical properties	173	(4)
Ionic-covalent transition	177	(4)
Oxides	181	(3)
Hydrides	184	(3)
Common oxidizing and reducing agents	187	(7)
Catenation	194	(1)
Lone pairs and empty orbitals	195	(1)
Comparison of N and N + 10 groups	196	(6)
Diagonal relationships	202	(5)
Diagonal relationships in rows 2 and 3	207	(4)
Isoelectronic and isostoichiometric relationships	211	(62)
Introduction	211	(2)
Isoelectronic molecules and ions	213	(9)
Reactivity consequences of the structure matrix	222	(3)
Reactivity patterns for isoelectronic molecules	225	(3)
Octet rule, hybridization schemes, and multiple bonding	228	(20)
Molecular orbital analysis	248	(6)
Isoelectronic relationships in catenated and polyhedral molecules	254	(8)
Zintl isoelectronic relationships	262	(1)
Isoelectronic relationships in infinite solids	263	(4)
Isostoichiometric relationships	267	(6)
Transition elements (d block), lanthanides, and actinides (f block elements)	273	(116)
Introduction	273	(2)
Trends associated with isolated atoms	275	(4)
Physical properties of the metals	279	(4)
Chemical properties of the metals	283	(3)
General bonding considerations	286	(60)
Chemical properties of compounds	346	(15)
Vertical trends associated with the transition metals	361	(12)
Lanthanides	373	(7)
Actinides	380	(9)
Index	389