Inorganic Structural Chemistry, 2nd Edition

1 Introduction.

2 Description of Chemical Structures.

3 Symmetry.

4 Polymorphism and Phase Transitions.

5 Chemical Bonding and Lattice Energy.

6 The Effective Size of Atoms.

7 Ionic Compounds.

8 Molecular Structures I: Compounds of Main Group Elements.

9 Molecular Structures II: Compounds of Transition Metals.

10 Molecular Orbital Theory and Chemical Bonding in Solids.

11 The Element Structures of the Nonmetals.

12 Diamond-like Structures.

13 Polyanionic and Polycationic Compounds. Zintl Phases.

14 Packings of Spheres. Metal Structures.

15 The Sphere-packing Principle for Compounds.

16 Linked Polyhedra.

17 Packings of Spheres with Occupied Interstices.

18 Symmetry as the Organizing Principle for Crystal Structures.

19 Physical Properties of Solids.

20 Nanostructures.

21 Pitfalls and Linguistic Aberrations.

References.

Answers to the Problems.

Index.