Chemical bonds : an introduction to atomic and molecular structure / Harry B. Gray

Contents;

1. Atomic structure
Rutherford's experiments and a model for atomic structure
Atomic number and atomic mass
Nuclear structure
Bohr theory of the hydrogen atom
Absorption and emission spectra of atomic hydrogen
etc.

2. Electronic properties of atoms and molecules
Lewis structures for atoms
Effective atomic radii in molecules
Ionization energies and orbital configuration
Electron affinity
Covalent bonding
etc.

3. Diatomic molecules
Molecules with Is valence atomic orbitals
Molecules with s and p valence atomic orbitals
Homonuclear diatomic molecules
etc.

4. polyatomic molecules
Beryllium hydride BeH2
Localized molecular orbitals for BeH2, BH3, and CH4
Hydrogen in bridge bonds
etc.

5. Transition metal complexes
Orbitals in bonding
Ligand field theory for octahedral complexes
Ligand field theory for square planar complexes
etc.

6. Bonding in solids
Types of solids
Molecular solids

Includes bibliographies and index