Chemical Structure and Reactivity: An Integrated Approach Book

Pt. I The fundamentals

1 Molecular structures and the states of matter 3

2 Electrons in atoms 35

3 Electrons in molecules: diatomics 91

4 Electrons in molecules: polyatomics 137

5 Bonding in solids 179

6 Thermodynamics and the Second Law 201

7 Trends in bonding 261

8 Describing reactions using orbitals 311

9 Organic chemistry 1: functional groups 339

10 The rates of reactions 409

Pt. II Going further

11 Spectroscopy 447

12 Organic chemistry 2: three-dimensional shapes 519

13 Organic chemistry 3: reactions of [pi] systems 557

14 Main-group chemistry 611

15 Transition metals 649

16 Quantum mechanics and spectroscopy 689

17 Chemical thermodynamics 755

18 Chemical kinetics 797

19 Electrochemistry 831

20 Dimensions, units and some key mathematical ideas 875

Index 917

Orbital energies 925