The Composition of Matter Early Descriptions of Matter Visualizing Atoms The Periodic The Standard Model The Structure of the Nucleus The Nucleus Nuclear Binding Energies Nuclear Reactions: Fusion and Fission 17 Ż.4 Radioactive Decay and the Band of Stability The Shell Modelof the Nucleus The origin of the Elements A Brief Review of Quantum Theory The Wavelike Properties of Light Problems with the Classical Model of the Atom The Bohr Model of the Atom lmplications of Wave-Particle Duality Postulates of Quantum Mechanics The Schródinger Equation The Particle in a Box Problem The Harmonic Oscillator Problem Atomit Structure The Hydrogen Atom The Radial Wave Functions The Angular Wave Functions Polyelectronic Atoms Electron Spin and the Pauli Principle Electron Configurations and the Periodic Table Atomic Term Symbols I Extracting Term Symbols Using Russell-Saunders Coupling Extracting Term Symbols Using,ij Coupling Shielding and effective nuclear chargé Periodic Properties of the Elements The Modern Periodic Table Radius lll lonization Energy Electron Affinity The Uniqueness Principle 122 Diagonal Properties The Metal-Nonmetal Line Standard Reduction Potentials The lnert-Pair Effiect Relativistic Effects Electronegative An lntroduction to Chemical Bonding Bonding in Molecular Hydrogen Lewis Structures Covalent Bond Lengths and Bond Dissociation Energies Resonance Polar Covalent Bonding Molecular Geometry The VSEPR Model I55 The Ligand CIose_Packing ModeI A Comparison of the VSEPR and LCP Models Molecular Symmetry Symmetry Elements and Symmetry Operations ldentityProper Rotation, Reflection, lnversion, lmproper Rotation, Sn Symmetry Groups Molecular Point Groups ll l 8.4 Representations Direct Products Reducible Representations Vibrational Spectroscopy overview of Vibrational Spectroscopy Selection Rules for lR and Raman-Active Vibrational Modes Determining the Symmetries of the Normal Modes of Vibration Generating Symmetry Coordinates Using the Projection operator Method Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Covatent Bonding Valence Bond Theory Molecular orbltal Theory: Diatomics Molecular orbital Theory: Polyatomics Molecular Orbital Theory: pi Orbitals Molecular Orbital Theory: More Complex Examples Borane and Carborane Cluster Compounds MetallicBonding Il.l Crystalline Lattices X-Ray Diffraction Closest-Packed Structures The Free Electron Modelof Metallic Bonding Band Theory of Solids Conductivity in Solids Connections Between Solids and Discrete Molecules lonic Bonding Common Types of lonic Solids Lattice Enthalpies and the Born-Haber Cycle Ionic Radii and Pauling's Rules The Silicates Zeolites Defects in Crystals Structure and Bonding A Reexamination of Crystalline Solids lntermediate types of Bonding in Solids Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QTAIM) Structure and Reactivity An Overview of Chemical Reactivity l4.Z Acid-Base Reactions Frontier Molecular Orbital Theory oxidation-Reduction Reactions A Generalized View of Molecular Reactivity An lntroduction to Coordination Compounds A Historical Overview of Coordination Chemistry Types of Ligands and Nomenclature Stability Constants Coordination Numbers and Geometries lsomerism The Magnetic Properties of Coordination Compounds Structure, Bonding, and Spectroscopy of Coordination Compounds Valence Bond Model Crystal Field Theory Ligand Field Theory The Angular Overlap Method Molecular Term Symbols Scenario l-All the Orbitals are Completely Occupied Scenario 2-There is a Single Unpaired Electron in One of the Orbitals Scenario 3-There are TWo Unpaired Electrons in Two Different Orbitals Scenario 4-A Degenerate Orbital is Lacking a Single Electron Scenario 5-There are Two Electrons in a Degenerate Orbital Scenario 6-There are Three Electrons in a Tiiply Degenerate Orbital Tanabe-Sugano Diagrams Electronic Spectroscopy of Coordination Compounds The Jahn-Teller Effect Reactions of Coordination Compounds Kinetics Overview OctahedralSubstitutlon Reactions Associative (A) Mechanism lnterchange (l) Mechanism Dissociative (D) Mechanism Square Planar Substitution Reactions Electron Transfer Reactions lnorganic Photochemistry Photochemistry of Chromium(lll) Ammine Compounds Light-lnduced Excited Sote Spin Trapping in lron(ll) Compounds MLCT Photochemistry in Pentaammineruthenium(ll) Compounds Photochemistry and Photophysics of Ruthenium(ll) Polypyridyl Compounds Structure and Bonding in organometallic Compounds lntroduction to Organometallic Chemistry Electron Counting and the t8'Electron Rule Carbonyl Ligands Nitrosyl Ligands Hydrlde and Dihydrogen Ligands Phosphine Ligands Ethylene and Related Ligands Cyclopentadiene and Related Ligands Carbenes, Carbynes, and Carbidos Reactions of organometaltic Compounds Some General Principles organometallic Reactions lnvolving Changes at the Metal Ligand Substitution Reactions Oxidative Addirion and Reductive Elimination Organometallic Reactions lnvolving Changes at the Ligand lnsertion and Elimination Reactions Nucleophilic Attack on the Ligands Electrophilic Attack on the Ligands Metathesis Reactions a-Bond Metathesis Ziegler*Nata Polymerization of Alkenes o-Bond Metathesis Commercial Catalytic Processes Catalytic Fłydrogenation Hydroformylation Wacker*Smidt Process Monsanto Acetic Acid Process organometallicPhotochemistry Photosubstitution of CO Photoinduced Cleavage of Metal-Metal Bonds Photochemistry of Metallocenes The lsolobal Analogy and Metal_metal Bonding in organometallic Clusters A Derivation of the Classical Wave Equation B Character Tables C Direct Product Correlation