Catherine E. Housecroft is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Basel, Switzerland.  She is the author of a number of textbooks and has had teaching experience in the UK, Switzerland, South Africa and the USA. She has published around 500 research papers and reviews, and her current research interests include aspects of coordination chemistry associated with solar energy conversion, solid state lighting, water oxidation, porous coordination polymers and networks and hierarchical assemblies.

• Basic concepts: atomsBasic concepts: moleculesIntroduction to molecular symmetryExperimental techniquesBonding in polyatomic moleculesStructures and energetics of metallic and ionic solidsAcids, bases and ions in aqueous solutionReduction and oxidationNon-aqueous mediaHydrogenGroup 1: the alkali metalsThe group 2 metalsThe group 13 elementsThe group 14 elementsThe group 15 elementsThe group 16 elementsThe group 17 elementsThe group 18 elementsd-Block metal chemistry: general considerationsd-Block metal chemistry: coordination complexesd-Block metal chemistry: the first row metalsd-Block metal chemistry: the heavier metalsOrganometallic compounds of s- and p-block elementsOrganometallic compounds of d-block elementsCatalysis and some industrial processesd-Block metal complexes: reaction mechanismsThe f-block metals: lanthanoids and actinoidsInorganic materials and nanotechnologyThe trace metals of lifeAppendicesAnswers to non-descriptive problemsIndex