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| Preface | |
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| The Evolving Realm of Inorganic Chemistry | |
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| Coordination Chemistry | |
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| An Introduction to Coordination Chemistry | |
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| The Historical Perspective | |
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| The History of Coordination Compounds | |
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| The Modern View of Coordination Compounds | |
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| An Introduction to the Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds | |
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| Structures of Coordination Compounds | |
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| Stereoisomers | |
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| Octahedral Coordination Spheres | |
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| Square Planar Coordination Spheres | |
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| Tetrahedral Coordination Spheres | |
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| Other Coordination Spheres | |
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| Structural Isomers | |
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| Bonding Theories for Coordination Compounds | |
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| Early Bonding Theories | |
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| The Crystal Field Theory | |
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| Consequences and Applications of Crystal Field Splitting | |
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| Rates and Mechanisms of Reactions of Coordination Compounds | |
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| A Brief Survey of Reaction Types | |
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| Labile and Inert Coordination Compounds | |
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| Substitution Reactions of Octahedral Complexes | |
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| Redox or Electron Transfer Reactions | |
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| Substitution Reactions in Square Planar Complexes: The Kinetic Trans Effect | |
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| Applications of Coordination Compounds | |
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| Applications of Monodentate Complexes | |
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| Two Keys to the Stability of Transition Metal Complexes | |
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| Application of Multidentate Complexes | |
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| Chelating Agents as Coordination Chemistry | |
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| Solid State Chemistry | |
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| Solid State Structures | |
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| Types of Crystals | |
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| A-type Crystal Lattices | |
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| ABn-type Crystal Lattices | |
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| Structures Involving Polyatomic Molecules and Ions | |
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| Defect Structures | |
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| Spinel Structures: Connecting Crystal Field Effects with Solid State Structures | |
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| Solid State Energetics | |
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| Lattice Energy: A Theoretical Evaluation | |
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| Lattice Energy: Thermodynamic Cycles | |
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| Lattices Energies and Ionic Radii: Connecting Crystal Field Effects with Solid State Energetics | |
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| Descriptive Chemistry of the Representative Elements | |
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| Descriptive Chemistry of the Representative Elements | |
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| Building a Network of Ideas to Make Sense of the Periodic Table | |
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| The Periodic Law | |
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| The Uniqueness Principle | |
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| The Diagonal Effect | |
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| The Inert Pair Effect | |
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| Metal, Non-Metal, and Metalloid Regions | |
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| Hydrogen and Hydrides | |
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| The Origin of the Elements (and of Us!) | |
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| The Discovery, Preparation, and Uses of Hydrogen | |
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| Isotopes of Hydrogen | |
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| Radioactive Processes Involving Hydrogen | |
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| Hydrides and the Network | |
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| The Role of Hydrogen in Various Alternative Energy Sources | |
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| Oxygen, Aqueous Solutions, and the Acid Base Character of Oxides and Hydroxides | |
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| Oxygen | |
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| Water and Aqueous Solutions | |
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| The Acid-Base Character of Oxides and Hydroxides in Aqueous Solution | |
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| The Relative Strengths of Oxo- and Hydroacids in Aqueous Solution | |
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| Ozone | |
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| The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming | |
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| Group 1A: The Alkali Metals | |
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| Discovery and Isolation of the Elements | |
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| Fundamental Properties and the Network | |
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| Reduction Potentials and the Network | |
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| Peroxides and Superoxides | |
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| Reactions and Compounds of Practical Importance | |
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| Selected Topic in Depth: Metal-Ammonia Solutions | |
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| Group 2A: The Alkaline Earth Metals | |
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| Discover and Isolation of the Elements | |
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| Fundamental Properties and the Network | |
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| Reactions and Compounds of Practical Importance | |
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| Selected Topic in Depth: The Commercial Uses of Calcium Compounds | |
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| The Group 3A: Elements | |
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| Discovery and Isolation of the Elements | |
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| Fundamental Properties and the Network | |
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| Structural Aspects of Boron Chemistry | |
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| Aluminum, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium? | |
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| Reaction and Compounds of Practical Importance | |
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| Selected Topic in Depth: Electron-Deficient Compounds | |
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| The Group 4A Elements | |
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| Discovery and Isolation of the Elements | |
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| Fundamental Properties and the Network | |
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| An Eighth Component of the Interconnected Network: pi-dpi Bonding Involving Elements of the Second and Third Periods | |
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| Reactions and Compounds of Practical Importance | |
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| Silicates, Silica, and Aluminosilicates | |
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| Selected Topics in Depth: Semiconductors and Glass | |
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| Group 5A: The Pnicogens | |
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| Discovery and Isolation of the Elements | |
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| Fundamental Properties and the Network | |
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| A Survey of Nitrogen Oxidation States | |
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| Reactions and Compounds of Practical Importance | |
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| Selected Topic in Depth | |