Abbreviations in Common Use .................................... xi
PART 1 SURVEY OF PRINCIPLES
1 Some Cross-Cutting Topics .................................... 2
PART 2 THE CHEMISTRY OF THE MAIN GROUP ELEMENTS
2 Hydrogen .................................................... 51
3 The Group 1 Elements: Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr ................. 92
4 The Group 2 Elements: Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra ............... 111
5 Boron ...................................................... 131
6 The Group 13 Elements: Al, Ga, In, Tl ...................... 175
7 Carbon ..................................................... 208
8 The Group 14 Elements: Si, Ge, Sn, Pb ...................... 258
9 Nitrogen ................................................... 309
10 The Group 15 Elements: P, As, Sb, Bi ....................... 380
11 Oxygen ..................................................... 444
12 The Group 16 Elements: S, Se, Те, Ро ....................... 496
13 The Group 17 Elements: F, CI, Br, I, At .................... 547
14 The Group 18 Elements: He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Rn .............. 586
15 The Group 12 Elements: Zn, Cd, Hg .......................... 598
PART 3 THE CHEMISTRY OF THE TRANSITION ELEMENTS
16 Survey of the Transition Elements .......................... 633
17 The Elements of the First Transition Series ................ 692
A Titanium ................................................ 695
B Vanadium ................................................ 714
С Chromium ................................................ 736
D Manganese ............................................... 758
E Iron .................................................... 775
F Cobalt .................................................. 814
G Nickel .................................................. 835
H Copper .................................................. 854
18 The Elements of the Second and Third Transition Series ..... 877
A Zirconium and Hafnium ................................... 878
B Niobium and Tantalum .................................... 895
С Molybdenum and Tungsten ................................. 920
D Technetium and Rhenium .................................. 974
E The Platinum Group Metals .............................. 1001
F Ruthenium and Osmium ................................... 1010
G Rhodium and Iridium .................................... 1039
H Palladium and Platinum ................................. 1063
I Silver and Gold ........................................ 1084
19 The Group 3 Elements and the Lanthanides .................. 1108
20 The Actinide Elements ..................................... 1130
PART 4 THE ROLE OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY IN CATALYSIS
21 Fundamental Reaction Steps of Transition Metal Catalyzed
Reactions ................................................. 1167
22 Homogeneous Catalysis by Transition Metal Complexes ....... 1229
Appendices
1 Units and Fundamental Constants ........................ 1295
2 Ionization Enthalpies of the Atoms ..................... 1297
3 Enthalpies of Electron Attachment (Electron
Affinities) of Atoms ................................... 1299
4 Ionic Radii ............................................ 1301
5 Basic Concepts of Molecular Symmetry; Character
Tables ................................................. 1305
Index ........................................................ 1327
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