Chemical bonds : a dialog / Jeremy Burdett.

Author/creator Burdett, Jeremy K., 1947-
Format Book
Publication InfoChichester ; New York : Wiley, ©1997.
Description166 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesInorganic 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formLehrbuch.
LCCN 97173765
ISBN0471971294 (acid-free paper)
ISBN9780471971290 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0471971308 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
ISBN9780471971306 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QD461 .B968 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold