Part I: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Elementary Particles -- 3. Units and Conversion Factors -- 4. Atomic Models -- 4.1. Structure and Properties of the Electron Cloud -- 4.1.1. The Hydrogen Atom -- 4.1.2. Many Electron Atoms -- 4.1.3. The Aufbau Principle and the Periodic System -- 4.2. The Structure and Properties of Atomic Nuclei -- 5. Theory of the Chemical Bond -- 5.1. The Ionic Bond -- 5.1.1. Introduction -- 5.1.2. Ionization Energy -- 5.1.3. Electron Affinity -- 5.1.4. Ion Lattices and Ionic Radii -- 5.1.5. Lattice Energy -- 5.1.6. Determination of Lattice Energy -- 5.1.7. Importance of the Lattice Energy -- 5.1.8. Polarization of Anions by Cations -- 5.2. The Covalent Bond -- 5.2.1. The Bohr Atomic Model and Molecule Formation -- 5.2.2. The VB Theory of the Covalent Bond -- 5.2.3. The Molecular Orbital Theory of the Covalent Bond -- 5.2.4. The Coordinate Bond -- 5.3. The Van der Waals Bond -- 5.3.1. The Dipole Effect -- 5.3.2. The Induction Effect -- 5.3.3. The Dispersion Effect -- 5.3.4. Van der Waals Radii -- 5.4. Molecular Geometry -- 5.4.1. Theory of Electron Pair Repulsion -- 5.4.2. Molecular Symmetry and Point Group Symbols -- 5.5. Bond Properties -- 5.5.1. Bond Energy and Dissociation Energy -- 5.5.2. The Internuclear Distance -- 5.5.3. The Valence Force Constant -- 5.5.4. The Overlap Integral -- 5.5.5. Definition of Bond Order, b, and its Relation to other Bond Properties -- 5.5.6. Polarity of Covalent Bonds -- Part II: Chemistry of the Non-Metals -- 6. Hydrogen -- 6.1. Elementary Hydrogen -- 6.2. Hydrogen Ions, H+ -- 6.3. Acids -- 6.4. Bases -- 6.5. Relative Acid and Base Strength -- 6.5.1. Dilute Solutions -- 6.5.2. Concentrated and Anhydrous Acids -- 6.6. Hydrogen Bonds -- 6.6.1. General -- 6.6.2. General Properties of Hydrogen Bonds -- 6.6.3. Experimental Evidence for Hydrogen Bonds.

6.6.4. Examples of Special Hydrogen Bonds -- 6.6.5. Theory of Hydrogen Bond Formation -- 6.7. Hydrogen Compounds (Hydrides) -- 6.7.1. Covalent Hydrides -- 6.7.2. Salt-like Hydrides -- 6.7.3. Metal- and Alloy-like Hydrides -- 7. Oxygen -- 7.1. Elemental Oxygen -- 7.1.1. Molecular Oxygen -- 7.1.2. Atomic Oxygen -- 7.1.3. Ozone, O3 -- 7.2. Oxygen Bond Types in Covalent and Ionic Compounds -- 7.2.1. Oxides -- 7.2.2. Peroxides -- 7.2.3. Superoxides -- 7.2.4. Ozonides -- 7.2.5. Dioxygenyl Compounds -- 7.2.6. Comparison of Bond Properties of the Ions Oxxx, Oxxx and 0xxx... -- 7.3. Hydrides of Oxygen and Peroxo-Compounds -- 7.3.1. General -- 7.3.2. Hydrogen Peroxide, H2O2 -- 7.4. Fluorides of Oxygen -- 7.4.1. General -- 7.4.2. Oxygen difluoride, OF2 -- 7.4.3. Dioxygen difluoride, O2F2 -- 7.5. Comparison of Bond Relationships in Hydrides and Fluorides of Oxygen -- 8. Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, Polonium -- 8.1. General -- 8.2. Theory of d-Orbital Participation -- 8.3. Trends in the VIth Main Group -- 8.4. Preparation of the Elements -- 8.4.1. Sulfur -- 8.4.2. Selenium and Tellurium -- 8.4.3. Polonium -- 8.5. Modifications -- 8.5.1. Sulfur -- 8.5.2. Selenium, Tellurium, Polonium -- 8.6. Positive Chalcogen Ions -- 8.7. Chain Initiation and Cleavage Reactions -- 8.8. Hydrides -- 8.8.1. The Hydrides, H2E -- 8.8.2. Polysulfanes, H2Sn -- 8.9. Metal Chalcogenides -- 8.10. Oxides -- 8.10.1. Dioxides -- 8.10.2. Trioxides -- 8.10.3. Lower Sulfur Oxides -- 8.11. Oxo-, Thio-, and Halo-Acids -- 8.11.1. General -- 8.11.2. Sulfurous Acid(H2SO3) -- 8.11.3. Selenous and Tellurous Acids (H2SeO3, H2TeO3) -- 8.11.4. Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4) -- 8.11.5. Selenic and Telluric Acids [H2SeO4, Te(OH)6] -- 8.11.6. Peroxosulfuric acids (H2SO5, H2S2O8) -- 8.11.7. Halosulfuric acids (HSnO3nX) -- 8.11.8. Thiosulfuric Acid (H2S2O3) and Sulfanesulfonic Acids -- 8.11.9. Dithionic Acid (H2S2O6).

8.11.10. Dithionous Acid (H2S2O4) -- 8.12. Halides and Oxohalides -- 8.12.1. General -- 8.12.2. Sulfur Halides -- 8.12.3. Sulfoxo-dihalides -- 8.12.4. Selenium and Tellurium Halides -- 8.13. Sulfur-Nitrogen Compounds -- 9. The Halogens -- 9.1. General -- 9.2. Fluorine -- 9.2.1. Preparation -- 9.2.2. Properties of Fluorine -- 9.2.3. Preparation of Fluorides -- 9.2.4. Fluorinated Hydrocarbons -- 9.2.5. Bond Relationships in the Fluorides -- 9.2.6. Stabilization of Lower Oxidation States -- 9.3. Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine -- 9.3.1. Preparation and Properties of the Elements -- 9.3.2. Halides -- 9.3.3. Polyhalide Ions -- 9.3.4. Positive Halogen Ions -- 9.3.5. Interhalogen Compounds -- 9.3.6. Halogen Oxygen Compounds -- 9.4. Pseudohalogens -- 10. The Rare Gases -- 10.1. General -- 10.2. Occurrence, Production, and Utilization -- 10.3. Xenon Compounds -- 10.3.1. Xenon Fluorides -- 10.3.2. Xenon Chlorides and Bromides -- 10.3.3. Reactions of the Xenon Fluorides -- 10.3.4. Oxides and Oxosalts of Xenon -- 10.3.5. Oxyfluorides of Xenon -- 10.3.6. Other Xenon Compounds -- 10.4. Krypton and Radon Compounds -- 10.5. Electronegativities of the Rare Gases -- 10.6. Bond Theory of the Rare Gas Compounds -- 11. Nitrogen -- 11.1. Elemental Nitrogen -- 11.2. N2 as Complex Ligand -- 11.3. Bond Relationships in Nitrogen Compounds -- 11.4. Hydrides -- 11.4.1. General -- 11.4.2. Ammonia, NH3 -- 11.4.3. Hydrazine, N2H4 -- 11.4.4. Diimine -- 11.4.5. Hydrogen Azide, HN3 -- 11.4.6. Hydroxylamine, NH2OH -- 11.4.7. Non-aqueous Solvents -- 11.5. Halides and Oxohalides of Nitrogen -- 11.5.1. Halides -- 11.5.2. Oxohalides -- 11.6. Oxides of Nitrogen -- 11.6.1. General -- 11.6.2. Dinitrogen Oxide, N2O -- 11.6.3. Nitrogen Monoxide, NO, N2O2 -- 11.6.4. Dinitrogen Trioxide, N2O3 -- 11.6.5. Nitrogen Dioxide, NO2, N2O4 -- 11.6.6. Dinitrogen Pentoxide, N2O5 -- 11.7. Oxo Acids of Nitrogen.

11.7.1. General -- 11.7.2. Nitric Acid, HNO3 -- 11.7.3. Nitrous Acid, HNO2 -- 11.7.4. Hyponitrous acid (HON)2 -- 12. Phosphorus and Arsenic -- 12.1. General -- 12.2. Bond Relationships in Phosphorus and Arsenic Compounds -- 12.3. The Elements Phosphorus and Arsenic -- 12.3.1. Preparation -- 12.3.2. Modifications -- 12.4. Hydrides -- 12.5. Halides -- 12.6. Phosphoranes -- 12.7. Oxides -- 12.8. Sulfides -- 12.9. Oxo Acids and Derivatives -- 12.9.1. Oxo Acids with one Phosphorus Atom -- 12.9.2. Condensed Phosphoric Acids -- 12.9.3. Peroxophosphoric Acids -- 12.9.4. Thiophosphoric Acids -- 12.9.5. Halo- and Amidophosphoric Acids -- 12.9.6. Oxo- and Thio-Acids of Arsenic -- 12.10. Phosphazenes -- 13. Carbon -- 13.1. General -- 13.2. Bond Relationships -- 13.3. Modifications of Carbon -- 13.4. Graphite Compounds -- 13.4.1. Covalent Graphite Compounds -- 13.4.2. Ionic Graphite Compounds -- 13.5. Chalcogenides of Carbon -- 13.5.1. Oxides -- 13.5.2. Sulfides, Selenides, Tellurides -- 13.5.3. Carbonic Acids and Carbonates -- 14. Silicon and Germanium -- 14.1. General -- 14.2. Bond Relationships -- 14.3. The Elements -- 14.4. Hydrides -- 14.5. Halides -- 14.6. Oxides -- 14.7. Oxy Acids, Silicates and Germanates -- 14.8. Glasses -- 14.9. Organosilicon Compounds -- 14.10. Other Silicon Compounds -- 15. Boron -- 15.1. General -- 15.2. Bond Relationships -- 15.3. Elemental Boron -- 15.4. Boranes and Hydridoborates -- 15.4.1. General -- 15.4.2. Diborane -- 15.4.3. Higher Boranes -- 15.4.4. Hydridoborates -- 15.5. Carboranes -- 15.6. Halides -- 15.7. Oxygen Compounds of Boron -- 15.8. Boron-Nitrogen Compounds -- Subject Index -- Formula Index.