Quantum Chemistry: A Unified Approach Book

1 How Science Deals with Complex Problems 1

App. A How to Interpret 3D Contours 19

App. B Must We Use Quantum Theory? 29

2 What We Know about Atoms and Molecules 35

App. C The Interpretation of Orbitals 45

3 A Strategy for Electronic Structure 49

App. D Is Hybridisation a Real Process? 61

4 The Pauli Principle and Orbitals 63

5 A Model Polyatomic: Methane 79

6 Lone Pairs of Electrons 93

7 Organic Molecules with Multiple Bonds 107

8 Molecular Symmetry 125

9 Diatomics with Multiple Bonds 139

10 Dative Bonds 155

11 Delocalised Electronic Substructures: Aromaticity 163

12 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry 177

13 Further Down the Periodic Table 187

14 Reconsidering Empirical Rules 205

15 Mavericks and other Lawbreakers 219

16 The Transition Elements 235

17 Omissions and Conclusions 251