Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry

Author: Xiang Sifen / Yao Guangqing (editors)
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This book is a mainstay foundational course textbook for the College of Chemistry at Peking University; it has accumulated years of teaching experience from the "Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry" and "Inorganic Chemistry" courses; the book reflects the interdisciplinary frontiers between inorganic chemistry and adjacent fields, accompanied by recent relevant literature. It is a textbook written for senior undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry major courses in "Inorganic Chemistry," divided into 11 chapters. It is titled "Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry" because its content is suitable for chemistry majors who have studied general chemistry (or general inorganic chemistry), analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical chemistry as prerequisites for further, more in-depth study of inorganic chemistry. In addition to emphasizing the fundamental theories and concepts of inorganic chemistry, the book also covers the cutting-edge research in modern inorganic chemistry and its interdisciplinary fields with theoretical chemistry, materials, life sciences, and others. The specific content of the book includes: Symmetry and Group Theory Preliminaries; Fundamentals of Coordination Compounds and Coordination Stereochemistry; Coordination Field Theory and the Electronic Spectra of Coordination Compounds; Mechanism and Kinetics of Coordination Compound Reactions; Main Group Element Clusters; Organometallic Chemistry; Coordination Catalysis; Metal Clusters and Metal-Metal Bonds; Inorganic Solid Chemistry and Bioinorganic Chemistry. During the writing process, the book referenced numerous domestic and international inorganic chemistry textbooks, monographs, and literature published in recent years. For example, it supplements chapters with content such as supramolecular chemistry and nanchemistry. At the end of each chapter, exercises, reference, and literature are provided. This book is a concise intermediate inorganic chemistry tutorial, serving as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry major courses in inorganic chemistry.