Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry – James E. House, Kathleen A. House – 2nd Edition

Preface to the Third Edition

Chapter 1. Where It All Comes From

1.1. The Structure of the Earth

1.2. Composition of the Earth's Crust

1.3. Rocks and Minerals

1.4. Weathering

1.5. Obtaining Metals

1.6. Some Metals Today

1.7. Nonmetallic Inorganic Minerals

Chapter 2. Atomic Structure and Properties

2.1. Atomic Structure

2.2. Properties of Atoms

Chapter 3. Covalent Bonding and Molecular Structure

3.1. Molecular Structure

3.2. Symmetry

3.3. Resonance

Chapter 4. Ionic Bonding, Crystals, and Intermolecular Forces

4.1. Ionic Bonds

4.2. Intermolecular Interactions

Chapter 5. Reactions and Energy Relationships

5.1. Thermodynamic Considerations

5.2. Combination Reactions

5.3. Decomposition Reactions

5.4. Redox Reactions

5.5. Hydrolysis Reactions

5.6. Replacement Reactions

5.7. Metathesis

5.8. Neutralization Reactions

Chapter 6. Acids, Bases, and Nonaqueous Solvents

6.1. Acid–Base Chemistry

6.2. Nonaqueous Solvents

6.3. Superacids

Chapter 7. Hydrogen

7.1. Elemental and Positive Hydrogen

7.2. Occurrence and Properties

7.3. Hydrides

Chapter 8. The Group IA and IIA Metals

8.1. General Characteristics

8.2. Oxides and Hydroxides

8.3. Halides

8.4. Sulfides

8.5. Nitrides and Phosphides

8.6. Carbides, Cyanides, Cyanamides, and Amides

8.7. Carbonates, Nitrates, Sulfates, and Phosphates

8.8. Organic Derivatives

8.9. Zintl Compounds

Chapter 9. Boron

9.1. Elemental Boron

9.2. Bonding in Boron Compounds

9.3. Boron Compounds

Chapter 10. Aluminum, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium

10.1. The Elements

10.2. Oxides

10.3. Hydrides

10.4. Halides

10.5. Other Compounds

10.6. Organometallic Compounds

Chapter 11. Carbon

11.1. The Element

11.2. Industrial Uses of Carbon

11.3. Carbon Compounds

Chapter 12. Silicon, Germanium, Tin, and Lead

12.1. The Elements

12.2. Hydrides of the Group IVA Elements

12.3. Oxides of the Group IVA Elements

12.4. Silicates

12.5. Zeolites

12.6. Halides of the Group IV Elements

12.7. Organic Compounds

12.8. Miscellaneous Compounds

Chapter 13. Nitrogen

13.1. Elemental Nitrogen

13.2. Nitrides

13.3. Ammonia and Aquo Compounds

13.4. Hydrogen Compounds

13.5. Nitrogen Halides

13.6. Nitrogen Oxides

13.7. Oxyacids

13.8. Nitrogen in the Environment

Chapter 14. Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, and Bismuth

14.1. Occurrence

14.2. Preparation and Properties of the Elements

14.3. Hydrides

14.4. Oxides

14.5. Sulfides

14.6. Halides

14.7. Phosphazine (Phosphonitrilic) Compounds

14.8. Acids and Their Salts

14.9. Phosphorus in the Environment

Chapter 15. Oxygen

15.1. Elemental Oxygen, O2

15.2. Ozone, O3

15.3. Preparation of Oxygen

15.4. Binary Compounds of Oxygen

15.5. Positive Oxygen

Chapter 16. Sulfur, Selenium, and Tellurium

16.1. Occurrence of Sulfur

16.2. Occurrence of Selenium and Tellurium

16.3. Elemental Sulfur

16.4. Elemental Selenium and Tellurium

16.5. Reactions of Elemental Selenium and Tellurium

16.6. Hydrogen Compounds

16.7. Oxides of Sulfur, Selenium, and Tellurium

16.8. Halogen Compounds

16.9. Nitrogen Compounds

16.10. Oxyhalides of Sulfur and Selenium

16.11. Oxyacids of Sulfur, Selenium, and Tellurium

16.12. Sulfuric Acid

Chapter 17. Halogens

17.1. Occurrence

17.2. The Elements

17.3. Interhalogens

17.4. Polyatomic Cations and Anions

17.5. Hydrogen Halides

17.6. Oxides

17.7. Oxyacids and Oxyanions

Chapter 18. The Noble Gases

18.1. The Elements

18.2. The Xenon Fluorides

18.3. Reactions of Xenon Fluorides

18.4. Oxyfluorides and Oxides

Chapter 19. The Transition Metals

19.1. The Metals

19.2. Oxides

19.3. Sulfides

19.4. Halides and Oxyhalides

19.5. Miscellaneous Compounds

19.6. The Lanthanides

Chapter 20. Structure and Bonding in Coordination Compounds

20.1. Types of Ligands and Complexes

20.2. Naming Coordination Compounds

20.3. Isomerism

20.4. Factors Affecting the Stability of Complexes

20.5. A Valence Bond Approach to Bonding in Complexes

20.6. Back Donation

20.7. Ligand Field Theory

20.8. Jahn–Teller Distortion

20.9. Complexes Having Metal–Metal Bonds

Chapter 21. Synthesis and Reactions of Coordination Compounds

21.1. Synthesis of Coordination Compounds

21.2. A Survey of Reaction Types

21.3. A Closer Look at Substitution Reactions

21.4. Substitution in Square Planar Complexes

21.5. Substitution in Octahedral Complexes

Chapter 22. Organometallic Compounds

22.1. Structure and Bonding in Metal Alkyls

22.2. Preparation of Organometallic Compounds

22.3. Reactions of Metal Alkyls

22.4. Cyclopentadienyl Complexes (Metallocenes)

22.5. Metal Carbonyl Complexes

22.6. Metal–Olefin Complexes

22.7. Complexes of Benzene and Related Aromatics

Chapter 23. Inorganic Substances in Biochemical Applications

23.1. Therapeutic Aspects of Inorganic Substances

23.2. Biochemical Aspects of Energy Changes

23.3. Oxygen Transport

Appendix A. Ground State Electron Configurations of Atoms

Appendix B. Ionization Energies

Index