Inorganic Chemistry

Designed to show students what it is like to be an inorganic chemist today, this book reflects the discipline, the mix of theory and experiment, and the excitement involved in doing inorganic chemistry. The author discusses bonding models, the primary types of chemical reactions (with examples from aqueous and non-aqueous solutions), the main group elements (organized to show interrelationships throughout the periodic table), the transition metals (focusing on the structures, bonding and reactions of classical and organometallic complexes), and then a variety of special topics. The text includes examples from and references to the recent literature. Designed for a short introduction to inorganic chemistry for chemistry or chemichal engineering students, this book requires only organic chemistry as a prerequisite and occasionally physical chemistry.