Chemical structure and reactivity : an integrated approach /

Keeler, James,

Chemical structure and reactivity : an integrated approach / James Keeler, Peter Wothers. - xviii, 925 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Includes index.

PART I; 1. Molecular structures and the states of matter; 2. Electrons in atoms; 3. Electrons in molecules: diatomics; 4. Electrons in molecules: polyatomics; 5. Bonding in solids; 6. Thermodynamics and the Second Law; 7. Trends in bonding; 8. Reactions: the role of orbitals; 9. Organic Chemistry 1: functional groups; 10. The rates of reactions; PART II; 11. Spectroscopy; 12. Organic chemistry 2: three-dimensional shapes; 13. Organic chemistry 3: reactions of p systems; 14. Main group chemistry; 15. Transition metals; 16. Quantum mechanics, energy levels and spectroscopy; 17. Chemical thermodynamics; 18. Chemical kinetics; 19. Electrochemistry; 20. Dimensions, units and some key mathematical ideas.

Chemical Structure and Reactivity: an integrated approach rises to the challenge of depicting the reality of chemistry. Offering a fresh approach, it depicts the subject as a seamless discipline, showing how inorganic, organic and physical concepts can be blended together to achieve the common goal of understanding chemical systems.

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Chemical structure.
Reactivity (Chemistry)

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