Chemical bonds : a dialog / Jeremy Burdett.
| Author/creator | Burdett, Jeremy K., 1947- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chichester ; New York : Wiley, ©1997. |
| Description | 166 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Series | Inorganic chemistry Inorganic chemistry (John Wiley & Sons) ^A374829 |
| Contents | 1. What is the Nature of the Chemical Bond? -- 2. What is the Basis of the Model we use to Describe the Orbital Structure of Molecules? -- 3. sp³ Hybrids and the Molecular Orbitals of Methane. What's the Difference? -- 4. Why are the Elements of the First Short Period, Li-Ne (and the First Row Transition Metals) so Special? -- 5. Why does the Molecular Orbital Model often give the Wrong Products of Dissociation? -- 6. How Important are d Orbitals in Main Group Chemistry? -- 7. What's the Best Way of Looking at the Interaction of Transition Metals with their Ligands, and, What's Behind the Eighteen-electron Rule? -- 8. Are Main Group Molecules and Transition Metal Complexes not so Different after all? -- 9. What is the Metallic Bond? -- 10. Is the Electronic Description of Solids Just Like That for Large Molecules? -- 11. How Should you Count Electrons in 'Electron-deficient' Molecules? -- 12. Is Delocalization of Electrons always Stabilizing? or, Why is Benzene a Regular Hexagon? -- 13. What is the Origin of Huckel's Rule? -- 14. Is the Jahn-Teller Effect as Simple as it Seems? -- 15. What is the Origin of Steric Repulsion? -- 16. Why does N₂O have the Structure NNO and not NON? -- 17. What is Behind the VSEPR Scheme? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Lehrbuch. |
| LCCN | 97173765 |
| ISBN | 0471971294 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9780471971290 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0471971308 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9780471971306 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QD461 .B968 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |