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Title

Physical inorganic chemistry : a coordination chemistry approach / S.F.A. Kettle.

Author

Kettle, S. F. A. (Sidney Francis Alan)

Publication

Oxford : Spektrum ; Sausalito, Calif. : Copublished in the United States with University Science Books, [1996], ©1996.

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Description

xvi, 490 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subjects

• Coordination compounds
• Physical inorganic chemistry : monographs
• Inorganic chemistry
• Chemical compounds

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction -- 2. Typical ligands, typical complexes -- 3. Nomenclature, geometrical structure and isomerism of coordination compounds -- 4. Preparation of coordination compounds -- 5. Stability of coordination compounds -- 6. Molecular orbital theory of transition metal complexes -- 7. Crystal field theory of transition metal complexes -- 8. Electronic spectra of transition metal complexes -- 9. Magnetic properties of transition metal complexes -- 10. Beyond ligand field theory -- 11. f electron systems: the lanthanides and actinides -- 12. Other methods of studying coordination compounds -- 13. Thermodynamic and related aspects of ligand fields -- 14. Reaction kinetics of coordination compounds -- 15. Bonding in cluster compounds -- 16. Some aspects of bioinorganic chemistry -- 17. Introduction to the theory of the solid state -- App. 1. Conformation of chelate rings -- App. 2. Valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) model --
• App. 3. Introduction to group theory -- App. 4. Equivalence of d[subscript z[superscript2]] and d[subscript x[superscript 2]-subscript y[superscript 2]] in an octahedral ligand field -- App. 5. Russell-Saunders coupling scheme -- App. 6. Ligand [sigma] group orbitals of an octahedral complex -- App. 7. Tanabe-Sugano diagrams and some illustrative spectra -- App. 8. Group theoretical aspects of band intensities in octahedral complexes -- App. 9. Determination of magnetic susceptibilities -- App. 10. Magnetic susceptibility of a tetragonally distorted t1/2g ̃ion -- App. 11. High temperature superconductors -- App. 12. Combining spin and orbital angular momenta -- App. 13. Bonding between a transition metal atom and a C[subscript n]R[subscript n] ring, n = 4, 5 and 6 -- App. 14. Hole-electron relationship in spin-orbit coupling.

ISBN

• 093570292X
• 0716745143 (paperback)
• 0716745542 (hardback) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

95044747

OCLC

ocm33668024

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries