TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rodgers,Glen E.
TI  - Descriptive inorganic, coordination, and solid-state chemistry
SN  - 0125920601
AV  - QD474 .R62 2002
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - [Australia
PB  - Brooks/Cole
KW  - Coordination compounds
KW  - Solid state chemistry
KW  - Chemistry, Inorganic
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-554) and index; The Evolving Realm of Inorganic Chemistry; Summary; Part I Coordination Chemistry; An Introduction to Coordination Chemistry; The Historical Perspective; The History of Coordination Compounds; Early Compounds; The Blomstrand--Jørgensen Chain Theory; The Werner Coordination Theory; The Modern View of Coordination Compounds; An Introduction to the Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds; Summary; Problems; Structures of Coordination Compounds; Stereoisomers; Octahedral Coordination Spheres; Compounds with Monodentate Ligands; Compounds with Chelating Ligands; Square Planar Coordination Spheres; Tetrahedral Coordination Spheres; Other Coordination Spheres; Structural Isomers; Summary; Problems; Bonding Theories for Coordination Compounds; Early Bonding Theories; The Lewis Acid-Base Definition; Crystal Field, Valence-Bond, and Molecular Orbital Theories; Crystal Field Theory; Shapes of 3d Orbitals; Octahedral Fields; Tetragonally Distorted Octahedral and Square Planar Fields; Tetrahedral Fields; Consequences and Applications of Crystal Field Splitting; Crystal Field Splitting Energies versus Pairing Energies; Crystal Field Stabilization Energies; Factors Affecting the Magnitude of the Crystal Field Splitting Energies; Magnetic Properties; Absorption Spectroscopy and the Colors of Coordination Compounds; Summary; Problems; Rates and Mechanisms of Reactions of Coordination Compounds; A Brief Survey of Reaction Types; Labile and Inert Coordination Compounds; Substitution Reactions of Octahedral Complexes; Possible Mechanisms; Experimental Complications; Evidence for Dissociative Mechanisms; Explanation of Inert versus Labile Complexes; Redox, or Electron Transfer, Reactions; Outer-Sphere Mechanisms; Inner-Sphere Mechanisms; Substitution Reactions in Square Planar Complexes: The Kinetic Trans Effect; Summary; Problems; Applications of Coordination Compounds; Applications of Monodentate Complexes; Two Keys to the Stability of Transition Metal Complexes; Hard and Soft Acids and Bases; The Chelate Effect; Applications of Multidentate Complexes; Chelating Agents as Detergent Builders; Bioinorganic Applications of Coordination Chemistry; Oxygen Transport; Therapeutic Chelating Agents for Heavy Metals; Platinum Antitumor Agents; Summary; Problems; Part II Solid-State Chemistry; Solid-State Structures; Types of Crystals; Ionic Crystals; Metallic Crystals; Covalent Network Crystals; Atomic-Molecular Crystals; A Type Crystal Lattices; Space Lattices and Unit Cells; A Type Lattices; ABn-Type Crystal Lattices; Cubic, Octahedral, and Tetrahedral Holes; Radius Ratios; Ionic Radii; AB Structures; AB2 Structures; Structures Involving Polyatomic Molecules and Ions; Defect Structures; Spinel Structures: Connecting Crystal Field Effects with Solid-State Structures; Summary; Problems; Solid-State Energetics; Lattice Energy: A Theoretical Evaluation; Lattice Energy: Thermodynamic Cycles; Electron Affinities; Heats of Formation for Unknown Compounds; Thermochemical Radii; Lattice Energies and Ionic Radii: Connecting Crystal Field Effects with Solid-State Energetics; Summary; Problems; Part III Descriptive Chemistry of the Representative Elements; Building a Network of Ideas to Make Sense of the Periodic Table; The Periodic Law; Effective Nuclear Charge; Atomic Radii; Ionization Energy; Electron Affinity; Electronegativity; The Uniqueness Principle; The Small Size of the First Elements; The Increased Likelihood of Pi Bonding in the First Elements; The Lack of Availability of d Orbitals in the First Elements; The Diagonal Effect; The Inert-Pair Effect; Metal, Nonmetal, and Metalloid Regions; Summary; Problems; Hydrogen and Hydrides; The Origin of the Elements (and of Us!); Discovery, Preparation, and Uses of Hydrogen; Isotopes of Hydrogen; Radioactive Processes Involving Hydrogen; Alpha and Beta Decay, Nuclear Fission, and Deuterium; Tritium; Hydrides and the Network; Covalent Hydrides; Ionic Hydrides; Metallic Hydrides; The Role of Hydrogen in Various Alternative Energy Sources; The Hydrogen Economy; Nuclear Fusion; Summary; Problems; Oxygen, Aqueous Solutions, and the Acid-Base Character of Oxides and Hydroxides; Oxygen; Discovery; Occurrence, Preparation, Properties, and Uses; Water and Aqueous Solutions; The Structure of the Water Molecule; Ice and Liquid Water; Solubility of Substances in Water; Self Ionization of Water; The Acid-Base Character of Oxides and Hydroxides in Aqueous Solution; Oxides: General Expectations from the Network; Oxides in Aqueous Solution (Acidic and Basic Anhydrides); The E-O-H Unit in Aqueous Solution; An Addition to the Network; The Relative Strengths of Oxoacids and Hydroacids in Aqueous Solution; Oxoacids; Nomenclature of Oxoacids and Corresponding Salts (Optional); Hydroacids; Ozone; The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming; Summary; Problems; Group 1A: The Alkali Metals; Discovery and Isolation of the Elements; Fundamental Properties and the Network; Hydrides, Oxides, Hydroxides, and Halides; Application of the Uniqueness Principle and Diagonal Effect; Reduction Potentials and the Network; Peroxides and Superoxides; Peroxides; Superoxides; Reactions and Compounds of Practical Importance; Selected Topic in Depth: Metal-Ammonia Solutions; Summary; Problems; Group 2A: The Alkaline-Earth Metals; Discovery and Isolation of the Elements; Calcium, Barium, and Strontium; Magnesium; Beryllium; Radium; Fundamental Properties and the Network; Hydrides, Oxides, Hydroxides, and Halides; Uniqueness of Beryllium and Diagonal Relationship to Aluminum; Reactions and Compounds of Practical Importance; Beryllium Disease; Radiochemical Uses; Metallurgical Uses; Fireworks and X Rays; Hard Water; Selected Topic in Depth: The Commercial Uses of Calcium Compounds; CaCO3 (Limestone); CaO (Quicklime) and Ca(OH)2 (Slaked Lime); Summary; Problems; The Group 3A Elements; Discovery and Isolation of the Elements; Boron; Aluminum; Gallium; Indium and Thallium; Fundamental Properties and the Network; Hydrides, Oxides, Hydroxides, and Halides; Structural Aspects of Boron Chemistry; Allotropes; Borides; Borates; Aluminum, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium: Reactions and Compounds of Practical Importance; Aluminum Metal and Alloys; Alums; Alumina; Gallium, Indium, and Thallium Compounds; Selected Topic in Depth: Electron-Deficient Compounds; Summary; Problems; The Group 4A Elements; Discovery and Isolation of the Elements; Carbon, Tin, and Lead; Silicon; Germanium; Fundamental Properties and the Network; Hydrides; Oxides and Hydroxides; Halides; An Eighth Component of the Interconnected Network: pπ-dπ Bonding Involving Elements of the Second and Third Periods; Reactions and Compounds of Practical Importance; Diamond, Graphite, and the Graphenes; Tin Disease; Radiochemical Uses; Carbon Compounds; Lead Compounds and Toxicology; Silicates, Silica, and Aluminosilicates; Silicates and Silica; Aluminosilicates; Selected Topics in Depth: Semiconductors and Glass; Semiconductors; Glass; Summary; Problems; Group 5A: The Pnicogens; Discovery and Isolation of the Elements; Antimony and Arsenic; Phosphorus; Bismuth; Nitrogen; Fundamental Properties and the Network; The Uniqueness Principle; Pπ-dπ Bonding Involving Elements of the Second and Third Periods; Other Network Components; Hydrides; Oxides and Oxoacids; Halides; A Survey of Nitrogen Oxidation States; Nitrogen (-3) Compounds: Nitrides and Ammonia; Nitrogen (-2): Hydrazine, N2H4; Nitrogen (-1): Hydroxylamine, NH2OH; Nitrogen (+1): Nitrous Oxide, N2O; Nitrogen (+2): Nitric Oxide, NO; Nitrogen (+3): Dinitrogen Trioxide, N2O3, and Nitrous Acid, HNO2; Nitrogen (+4): Nitrogen Dioxide, NO2; Nitrogen (+5): Dinitrogen Pentoxide, N2O5, and Nitric Acid, HNO3; Reactions and Compounds of Practical Importance; Nitrogen Fixation; Nitrates and Nitrites; Nitrogen Air Bags; Matches and Phossy Jaw; Phosphates; Selected Topic in Depth: Photochemical Smog; Summary; Problems; Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, and Polonium; Discovery and Isolation of;  the Elements; Sulfur; Tellurium and Selenium (Earth and Moon); Polonium; Fundamental Properties and the Network; Hydrides; Oxides and Oxoacids; Halides; Allotropes and Compounds Involving Element-Element Bonds; Allotropes; Polycations and Anions; Catenated Halides and Hydrides; Catenated Oxoacids and Corresponding Salts; Sulfur Nitrides; Reactions and Compounds of Practical Importance; Sodium-Sulfur Batteries; Photoelectric Uses of Selenium and Tellurium; Sulfuric Acid; Selected Topic in Depth: Acid Rain; Summary; Problems; Group 7A: The Halogens; Discovery and Isolation of the Elements; Chlorine; Iodine; Bromine; Fluorine; Astatine; Fundamental Properties and the Network; Hydrides; Halides; Oxides; Oxoacids and Their Salts; Hypohalous Acids, HOX, and Hypohalites, OX-; Halous Acids, HOXO, and Halites, XO-2; Halic Acids, HOXO2, and Halates, XO-3; Perhalic Acids, HOXO3, and Perhalates, XO-4; Neutral and Ionic Interhalogens; Reactions and Compounds of Practical Importance; Fluoridation; Chlorination; Bleaches; Bromides; Selected Topic in Depth: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)-A Threat to the Ozone Layer; Summary; Problems; Group 8A: The Noble Gases; Discovery and Isolation of the Elements; Argon; Helium; Krypton, Neon, and Xenon; Radon; Fundamental Properties and the Network; Compounds of Noble Gases; History; Fluorides; Structures; Other Compounds; Physical Properties and Elements of Practical Importance; Selected Topic in Depth: Radon as a Carcinogen; Summary; Problems; A Word about Sources; Credit References; Lists of Figures, Tables, Formulas, and Constants; Index
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