Inorganic Chemistry – Catherine E. Housecroft, Alan G. Sharpe – 2nd Edition

Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition

1. Some basic concepts
2. Nuclear properties
3. An introduction to molecular symmetry
4. Bonding in polyatomic molecules
5. Structures and energetics of metallic and oinic solids
6. Acids, bases and ions in aqueous solution
7. Reduction and oxidation
8. Non-aqueous media
9. Hydrogen
10. Group 1: the alkali metals
11. The group 2 metals
12. The group 13 elements
13. The group 14 elements
14. The group 15 elements
15. The group 16 elements
16. The group 17 elements
17. The group 18 elements
18. Organometallic compounds of s and p block elements
19. d Block chemistry: general considerations
20. d Block chemistry: coordination complexes
21. d Block metal chemistry: the first row metals
22. d- Block metal chemistry: the second and third row metals
23. Organometallic compounds of d block elements
24 The f- block metals: lanthanoids and actinoids
25. d Block metal complexes: reaction mechanisms
26. Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis
27. Some aspects of solid state chemistry
28. The trace metals of life
Appendices
Index