Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry

"This textbook introduces the models and theories of chemical bonding and geometry as applied to the molecules of the main group elements. Emphasis is placed on the valence shell electron pair and ligand close packing models and the analysis of electron density distributions by the atoms in molecules theory."--SciTech Book News

• Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 The Chemical Bond: Classical Concepts and Theories 1.1: Introduction 1.2: Valence 1.3: The Periodic Table of the Elements 1.4: Structural Formulas 1.5: Stereochemistry 1.6: The Shell Model 1.7: The Ionic Model of the Chemical Bond 1.8: The Covalent Bond and Lewis Structures 1.9: Polar Bonds and Electronegativty 1.10: Polyatomic Anions and Formal Charges 1.11: Oxidation Number (Oxidation State) 1.12: Donor-Acceptor Bonds 1.13: Exceptions to the Octet Rule: Hypervalent and Hypovalent Molecules 1.14: Limitations of the Lewis Model Chapter 2 Bond Properties 2.1: Introduction 2.2: Bond Lengths and Covalent Radii 2.3: Multiple Bonds and Bond Order 2.4: Ionic Radii 2.5: The Lengths of Polar Bonds 2.6: Back-Bonding 2.7: Bond Dissociation Energies and Bond Enthalpies 2.8: Force Constants 2.9: Dipole Moments Chapter 3 Some Basic Concepts of Quantum Mechanics 3.1: Introduction 3.2: Light, Quantization, and Probability 3.3: The Early Quantum Model of the Atom 3.4: The Wave Nature of Matter and the Uncertainty Principle 3.5: The Schrödinger Equation and the Wave Function 3.6: The Meaning of the Wave Function: Probability and Electron Density 3.7: The Hydrogen Atom and Atomic Orbitals 3.8: Electron Spin 3.9: The Pauli Principle 3.10: Multielectron Atoms and Electron Configurations 3.11: Bonding Models 3.12: Ab Initio Calculations 3.13: Postscript Chapter 4 Molecular Geometry and the VSEPR Model 4.1: Introduction 4.2: The Distribution of Electrons in Valence Shells 4.3: Electron Pair Domains 4.4: Two, Three, Four, and Six Electron Pair Valence Shells 4.5: Multiple Bonds 4.6: Five Electron Pair Valence Shells 4.7: Limitations and Exceptions Chapter 5 Ligand-Ligand Interactions and the Ligand Close-Packing (LCP) Model 5.1: Introduction 5.2: Ligand-Ligand Interactions 5.3: The Ligand Close-Packing (LCP) Model 5.4: Bond Lengths and Coordination Number 5.5: Molecules with Two or More Different Ligands 5.6: Bond Angles in Molecules with Lone Pairs 5.7: Weakly Electronegative Ligands 5.8: Ligand-Ligand Interactions in Molecules of the Elements in Periods 3-6 5.9: Polyatomic Ligands 5.10: Comparison of the LCP and VSEPR Models Chapter 6 The AIM Theory and the Analysis of the Electron Density 6.1: Introduction 6.2: The Hellmann-Feynman Theorem 6.3: Representing the Electron Density 6.4: The Density Difference or Deformation Function 6.5: The Electron Density from Experiment 6.6: The Topology of the Electron Density 6.7: Atomic Properties 6.8: Bond Properties 6.9: The Diatomic Hydrides of Periods 2 and 3 6.10: Summary Chapter 7 The Laplacian of the Electron Density 7.1: Introduction 7.2: The Laplacian of the Electron Density 7.3: The Valence Shell Charge Concentration 7.4: The Laplacian and the VSEPR Model 7.5: Electron Pair Localization and the Lewis and VSEPR Models 7.6: Summary Chapter 8 Molecules of the Elements of Period 2 8.1: Introduction 8.2: The Relationship between Bond Properties and the AIM Theory 8.3: The Nature of the Bonding in the Fluorides, Chlorides, and Hydrides of Li, Be, B, and C 8.4: The Geometry of the Molecules of Be, B, and C 8.5: Hydroxo and Related Molecules of Be, B, and C 8.6: The Nature of the CO and Other Polar Multiple Bonds 8.7: Bonding and Geometry of the Molecules of Nitrogen 8.8: The Geometry of the Molecules of Oxygen 8.9: The Geometry of the Molecules of Fluorine Chapter 9 Molecules of the Elements of Periods 3-6 9.1: Introduction 9.2: Hypervalence 9.3: Bonding in the Fluorides, Chlorides, and Hydrides with an LLP Coordination Number Up to Four 9.4: Geometry of the Fluorides, Chlorides, and Hydrides with an LLP Coordination Number Up to Four 9.5: Molecules with an LLP Coordination Number of Five 9.6: Molecules with an LLP Coordination Number of Six 9.7: Molecules with an LLP Coordination Number of Seven or Higher 9.8: Molecules of the Transition Metals Index Formula Index