Inorganic Chemistry
- 2nd Edition - July 20, 1993
- Latest edition
- Author: William W. Porterfield
- Language: English
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Description
Description
This is one of the few books available that uses unifying theoretical concepts to present inorganic chemistry at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels--most texts are organized around the periodic table, while this one is structured after bonding models, structure types, and reaction patterns. But the real strength of Porterfield's Second Edition is its clear presentation of ample background description, especially in recent areas of development such as cluster molecules, industrial catalysis, and bio-inorganic chemistry. This information will enable students to understand most current journals, empowering them to stay abreast of the latest advances in the field. Specific improvements of the Second Edition include new chapters on materials-science applications and bioinorganic chemistry, an extended discussion of transition-metal applications (including cuprate superconductors), and extended Tanabe-Sugano diagrams.
Key features
Key features
- Extended treatment of inorganic materials science--ceramics, refractories, magnetic materials, superconductors--in the context of solid-state chemistry
- Extended coverage of biological systems and their chemical and physiological consequences--02 metabolism, N2 fixation, muscle action, iron storage, cisplatin and nucleic acid structural probes, and photosynthesis
- Unusual structures and species--silatranes, metallacarboranes, alkalides and electrides, vapor-deposition species, proton and hybrid sponges, massive transition-metal clusters, and agostic ligands
- Thorough examination of industrial processes using organometallic catalysts and their mechanisms
- Entropy-driven reactions
- Complete discussion of inorganic photochemistry
Readership
Readership
Junior and senior undergraduate, or graduate chemistry students
Table of contents
Table of contents
Elements and Atoms: Elements, Atoms, and Perodicity. Main-Group Compounds: Ions and Their Environments. Directional Bond Networks and Solid State Chemistry. Bonding Theory for Covalent Molecules, Clusters, and Crystals. Covalent Molecules and Crystals. Acids, Bases, and Solvents. Main-Group Reactions: Enthalpy-Driven Reactions I: Acid-Base Reactions. Enthalpy-Driven Reactions II: Redox Reactions. Entropy-Driven Reactions. Transition-Metal Compounds: TheProperties of Transition metals and Their Compounds. Ligand Field Theory, Spectroscopy, and Magnetism. Transition-Metal Donor-Acceptor Compounds. Transition-Metal Covalent Compounds: Organometallic and Cluster Molecules. Transition-Metal Reactions:Reaction Mechanisms for Donor-Acceptor Compounds. Ligand Reactions and Catalytic Mechanisms in Industry. Bioinorganic Molecules and Mechanisms. Photo-Chemical Reactions of Transition Metals. Appendix A: Inorganic Nomenclature. Appendix B: VSEPR Geometry Prediction and Hybridization. Appendix C: Tanabe-Sugano Diagrams. Subject Index.
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: July 20, 1993
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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William W. Porterfield
Affiliations and expertise
Hampton-Sydney College, VirginiaView book on ScienceDirect
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