Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Basic concepts: atoms

2 Basic concepts: molecules

3 Nuclear properties

4 An introduction to molecular symmetry

5 Bonding in polyatomic molecules

6 Structures and energetics of metallic and ionic solids

7 Acids, bases and ions in aqueous solution

8 Reduction and oxidation

9 Non-aqueous media

10 Hydrogen

11 Group 1: the alkali metals

12 The group 2 metals

13 The group 13 elements

14 The group 14 elements

15 The group 15 elements

16 The group 16 elements

17 The group 17 elements

18 The group 18 elements

19 Organometallic compounds of s- and p- block elements

20 d-Block chemistry: general considerations

21 d-Block metal chemistry: coordination complexes

22 d-Block chemistry: the first row metals

23 d-Block metal chemistry: the second and third row metals

24 Organometallic compunds of d-block elements

25 The f-block metals: lanthanoids and actinoids

26 d-Block metal complexes: reaction mechanisms

27 Catalysis and some industrial processes

28 Some aspects of solid state chemistry

29 The trace metals of life 

Appendices

Answers to non-descriptive problems

Index