Basic Inorganic Chemistry

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.

• 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.