Contents
1- INTRODUCTION TO INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
1- What is Inorganic Chemistry?
1- Contrasts with Organic Chemistry
2-ATOMIC STRUCTURE
1- The Periodic Table
2-The Aufbau Principle
3- Shielding
4- Periodic Properties of Atoms
5- Ionization Energy
6- Electron Affinity
7- Covalent and Ionic Radii
3-SIMPLE BONDING THEORY
1- Lewis Electron-Dot Diagrams
2- Resonance
3- -2 Expanded Shells
4- Formal Charge
5- Multiple Bonds in Be and B Compounds
6- Multiple Bonds
7- Electronegativity and Atomic Size Effects
8- Polar Molecules
9- Hydrogen Bonding
4 - SYMMETRY AND CROUP THEORY
1- Symmetry Elements and Operations
2- Point Groups
5 - MOLECULAR ORBITALS
Formation of Molecular Orbitals from Atomic Orbitals
1- Molecular Orbitals from s Orbitals
2- Molecular Orbitals from p Orbitals
3- Molecular Orbitals from d Orbitals
4- Nonbonding Orbitals and Other Factors
Homonuclear Diatomic Molecules
1- Molecular Orbitals
2- Orbital Mixing