Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Applications in Everyday Life

Narayan S. Hosmane

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9780128019931
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Inorganic Chemistry

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry: Applications in Everyday Life connects key topics on the subject with actual experiences in nature and everyday life. Differing from other foundational texts with this emphasis on applications and examples, the text uniquely begins with a focus on the shapes (geometry) dictating intermolecular forces of attractions, leading to reactivity between molecules of different shapes.

From this foundation, the text explores more advanced topics, such as: Ligands and Ligand Substitution Processes with an emphasis on Square-Planar Substitution and Octahedral Substitution Reactions in Inorganic Chemistry and Transition Metal Complexes, with a particular focus on Crystal-Field and Ligand-Field Theories, Electronic States and Spectra and Organometallic, Bioinorganic Compounds, including Carboranes and Metallacarboranes and their applications in Catalysis, Medicine and Pollution Control.

Throughout the book, illustrative examples bring inorganic chemistry to life. For instance, biochemists and students will be interested in how coordination chemistry between the transition metals and the ligands has a direct correlation with cyanide or carbon monoxide poisoning (strong-field Cyanide or CO ligand versus weak-field Oxygen molecule).

• Engaging discussion of key concepts with examples from the real world
• Valuable coverage from the foundations of chemical bonds and stereochemistry to advanced topics, such as organometallic, bioinorganic, carboranes and environmental chemistry
• Uniquely begins with a focus on the shapes (geometry) dictating intermolecular forces of attractions, leading to reactivity between molecules of different shapes

Part 1

Foundations: Concepts in Chemical Bonding and Stereochemistry

Outline

Chapter 1. Electronic Structure: Quantum Theory Revisited

Chapter 2. Molecular Geometries

Chapter 3. Molecular Symmetry–Part I: Point Group Assignment

Chapter 4. Group Theory: Matrix Representation and Character Tables

Chapter 1

Electronic Structure

Quantum Theory Revisited

Abstract

This chapter deals with quantum chemistry and its applications in understanding the electronic structure of molecules. It is very important to have knowledge of the basic principles of quantum chemistry. The increasing processing power and the availability of super computers have given a great spur to computation chemistry. One can calculate the electronic structure and properties of many body Schrödinger equations. These techniques have been adapted from areas of the physics—field theory, nuclear theory, and solid state theory. This chapter introduces the quantum mechanical description of the single electron system (hydrogen atom), as well as extensions to many electron systems. It also presents new terminologies, such as “term symbols” and “spin-orbit coupling”.

Keywords

Atom angular momentum; Aufbau principle; Core electrons; Electron spin; Electron–electron repulsion; E...

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Biography of Author
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part 1. Foundations: Concepts in Chemical Bonding and Stereochemistry
• Part 2. Advanced Topics-1: Introduction to Ligands and Metal Complexes
• Part 3. Advanced Topics-2: Electronic Spectra, Clusters & Isolobal Fragments
• Part 4. Advanced Topics-3: Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis
• Part 5. Advanced Topics-4: Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
• Index