PREFACE
1 INTRODUCTION TO INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
1-1 What is Inorganic Chemistry?
1-2 Contrasts with Organic Chemistry
1-3 Genesis of the Elements (The Big Bang)and Flrmation of the Earth
1-4 Nuclear Reactions and Radioactivity
1-5 Distribution of Elements on Earth
1-6 The History of Inorganic Chemistry

2 ATOMIC STRUCTURE
2-1 Historical Development of Atomic Theory
2-1-1 The Periodic Table
2-1-2 Discover of Subatomic Particles and the Bohr Atom
2-2 The Schrodinger Equation
2-2-1 The Particle in a Box
2-2-2 Quantum Numbers and Atomic Wave Functions
2-2-3 The Aufbau Principle
2-2-4 Shielding
2-3 Perildic Properties of Atoms
2-3-1 Ionization Energy
2-3-2 Elecrton Affinity
2-3-3 Covalent and Ionic Radii

3 SIMPLE BONDING THEORY
3-1 Liewis Electron-Dot Diagrams
3-1-1 Resonance
3-1-2 Expanded shells
3-1-3 Formal Charge
3-1-4 Multiple Bonds in Be and B Compounds
3-2 Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory
3-2-1 Lone Pair Repulsion
3-2-2 Multiple Bonds
3-2-3 Electroneatuvity and Atomic Size Effects
3-2-4 Ligand Close-Packing
3-3 Polar Molecules
3-4 Hydrogen Bonding

4 SYMMETRY AND GROUP THEORY
4-1 Symmetry Element and Operations
4-2 Point Groups
4-2-1 Groups of Low and High Symmetry
4-2-2 Other Groups
4-3 Properties and Representations of Groups
4-3-1 Matrices
4-3-2 Representations of Point Groups
4-3-3 Character Tables
4-4 Examples and Applications of Symmetry
4-4-1 Chirality
4-4-2 Molecular Vibrations

5 MOLECULAR ORBITALS
5-1 Formation of Molecular Orbiatls form Atomic Orbitals
5-1-1 Molecular Orbitals form s Orbitals
5-1-2 Molecular Orbitals form p Orbitals
5-1-3 Molecular Orbitals form d Orbitals
5-1-4 Nonbonding Orbitals and Other Factors
5-2 Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules
5-2-1 Molecular Orbitals
5-2-2 Orbitals Mixing
5-2-3 First and Second Row Mocecules
5-2-4 Photoelectron Spectroscopy
5-2-5 Correlation Diagrams
5-3 Heteronuclear Diatomic Molecules
5-3-1 Polar Bonds
5-3-2 Ionic Compounds and Molecular Orbiatals
5-4 Molecular Orbitals for Larger Molecules
5-4-1 FHF
5-4-2 CO2
5-4-3 H2O
5-4-4 NH3
5-4-5 BF3
5-4-6 Molecular shapes
5-4-7 Hybrid Orbitals
5-5 Expanded Shells and Molecular Orbitals

6 ACID-BASE AND DONOR-ACCEPTOR CHEMISTRY
6-1 Acid-Base Concepts as Organizing Concepts
6-1-1 History
6-2 Major Acid-Base Concepts
6-2-1 Arrhenius Concept
6-2-2 Brnsted-Lowry Concept
6-2-3 Solvent System Concept
6-2-4 Lewis Concept
6-2-5 Frontier Orbitals and Acid-Base Reactions
6-2-6 Hydrogen Bonding
6-2-7 Electronic Spectra(Including Charge Transfer)
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7 THE CRYSTALLINE SOLID STATE
8 CHEMISTRY OF THE MAIN GROUP ELEMENTS
9 COORDINATION CHEMISTRYⅠ：STRUSTURES AND ISOMERS
10 COORDINATION CHEMISTRYⅡ：BONDING
11 COORDINATION CHEMISTRYⅢ：ELECTRONIC SPECTRA
12 COORDINATION CHEMISTRYⅣ：REACTIONS AND MECHANISMS
13 ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
14 ORGANOMETALLIC REACTONS AND CATALYSIS
15 PARALLELS BETWEEN MAIN GROUP AND ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
16 BIOINORGANIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
APPENDIXA ANSWERA TO EXERCISES
APPENDIXA B-1 IONIC RADII
APPENDIXA B-2 IONIZATION ENERGY
APPENDIXA B-3 ELECTORON AFFINITY
APPENDIXA B-4 ELECTRONEGATIVITY
APPENDIXA B-5 ABSOLUTE HARDNESS PARAMETERS
APPENDIXA B-6 CA，EA，CB，AND EB VALUES
APPENDIXA B-7 LATIMER DIAGRAMS FOR SELECTED ELEMENTS
APPENDIXA C CHARACTER TABLES
APPENDIXA ELECTRON-DOT DIAGRAMS AND FORMAL CHARGE
INDEX