CONTENTS -- Chapter 1 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Stereochemistry -- 3 Dynamic Systems -- 4 Paramagnetic Complexes -- 5 Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy -- 6 Group 13 Compounds -- 7 Group 14 Compounds -- 8 Group 15 Compounds -- 9 Compounds of Groups 16, 17 and 18 -- 10 Appendix -- Chapter 2 Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Spectroscopy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Main Group Elements -- 3 Transition Metals and Lanthanides -- References -- Chapter 3 Characteristic Vibrations of Compounds of Main Group Elements -- 1 Group 1 -- 2 Group 2 -- 3 Group 13 -- 4 Group 14 -- 5 Group 15 -- 6 Group 16 -- 7 Group 17 -- 8 Group 18 -- References -- Chapter 4 Vibrational Spectra of Transition Element Compounds -- 1 Scandium, Yttrium and the Lanthanides -- 2 Titanium, Zirconium and Hafnium -- 3 Vanadium, Niobium and Tantalum -- 4 Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten -- 5 Manganese, Technetium and Rhenium -- 6 Iron, Ruthenium and Osmium -- 7 Cobalt, Rhodium and Iridium -- 8 Nickel, Palladium and Platinum -- 9 Copper, Silver and Gold -- 10 Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury -- 11 Actinides -- References -- Chapter 5 Vibrational Spectra of Some Co-ordinated Ligands -- 1 Carbon, Silicon and Tin Donors -- 2 Boron and Indium Donors -- 3 Carbonyl Complexes -- 4 Nitrogen Donors -- 5 Phosphorus, Arsenic and Antimony Donors -- 6 Oxygen Donors -- 7 Sulfur, Selenium and Tellurium Donors -- 8 Potentially Ambident Ligands -- References -- Chapter 6 Gas-phase Molecular Structures Determined by Electron Diffraction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Compounds of Elements in Groups 1, 2 and 13 -- 3 Compounds of Elements in Group 14 -- 4 Compounds of Elements in Group 15 -- 5 Compounds of Elements in Group 16 -- 6 Compounds of Transition Elements and Actinides -- References.