Essentials of Inorganic Chemistry 2

by Mingos, D. M. P.

• ISBN13: 9780198559184
• ISBN10: 0198559186
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Essentials of Inorganic Chemistry 2 provides an accessible collection of key topics for upper-level undergraduate students of inorganic chemistry. Arranged alphabetically for easy-reference this concise text provides detailed information on topics ranging from agostic interactions to Zintl isoelectronic relationships. The book is illustrated throughout, and there are notes for further reading for students who wish to gain more insight into topics of interest. As with Essentials of Inorganic Chemistry 1, its popular companion volume for first year undergraduates, Essentials of Inorganic Chemistry 2 will be invaluable to second, third and fourth year chemists for looking up unfamiliar subject areas and for revision of topics in preparation for examinations.

Table of Contents

Agostic interactions	1	(1)
Angular overlap model	2	(16)
consequences of d-orbital splittings in octahedral complexes	9	(3)
covalent radii	10
magnetic properties	9	(1)
thermodynamic effects	10	(2)
geometric consequences	12	(6)
Band theory	18	(12)
metallic radii and densities	25	(1)
other examples of band theory applications	26	(4)
doped semiconductors	28
graphite	26	(2)
photoconductivity	28
transition metal oxides	26	(4)
Crystal defects	30	(2)
defects which maintain the same formula	30	(1)
defects which result in changes in the formula	30	(2)
Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson bonding model	32	(4)
rotational barriers	33	(3)
Group theory	36	(16)
derivation of qualitative molecular orbital diagrams	42	(4)
direct products	46	(4)
bonding implications of direct products	47	(1)
direct products and selection rules for electronic transitions	48
direct products and selection rules for infrared and Raman spectroscopy	47	(3)
π-orbitals in coordination and polyhedral molecules	50	(1)
stretching and bending modes	51
symmetry analysis of stretching modes	45	(7)
Isolobal analogy	52	(2)
Ligand substitution reactions	54	(3)
specific examples	55	(1)
associative reactions	55	(1)
dissociative reactions	56	(1)
rates of substitution and metal complexes	56	(1)
Magnetic phenomena (co-operative)	57	(1)
Multiple metal-metal bonds	58	(3)
Polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory	61	(6)
transition metal polyhedral molecules	65	(1)
electron-rich clusters	66	(1)
Redox reactions	67	(3)
inner sphere mechanism	69
outer sphere redox reactions	67	(3)
Stereochemical non-rigidity	70	(3)
Superconductors	73	(3)
Symmetry	76	(11)
descent of symmetry	85
point groups	81
a systematic procedure for symmetry classification of molecules	81	(1)
flow sheet	82	(1)
illustrative examples	83
symmetry and operations	76	(9)
multiplication of symmetry operations	80	(5)
symmetry and optical activity	85	(2)
Synergic bonding	87	(3)
Tolman cone angle	90	(2)
Zintl isoelectronic relationships	92