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Book SynopsisFor more than a quarter century, Cotton and Wilkinson's Advanced Inorganic Chemistry has been the source that students and professional chemists have turned to for the background needed to understand current research literature in inorganic chemistry and aspects of organometallic chemistry.
Table of ContentsSURVEY OF PRINCIPLES.
Some Cross-Cutting Topics.
THE CHEMISTRY OF THE MAIN GROUP ELEMENTS.
Hydrogen.
The Group 1 Elements: Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr.
The Group 2 Elements: Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra.
Boron.
The Group 13 Elements: Al, Ga, In, Tl.
Carbon.
The Group 14 Elements: Si, Ge, Sn, Pb.
Nitrogen.
The Group 15 Elements: P, As, Sb, Bi.
Oxygen.
The Group 16 Elements: S, Se, Te, Po.
The Group 17 Elements: F, CI, Br, I, At.
The Group 18 Elements: He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Rn.
The Group 12 Elements: Zn, Cd, Hg.
THE CHEMISRTY OF THE TRANSITION ELEMENTS.
Survey of the Transition Elements.
The Elements of the First Transition Series.
The Elements of the Second and Third Transition Series.
The Group 3 Elements and the Lanthanides.
The Actinide Elements.
THE ROLE OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY IN CATALYSIS.
Fundamental Reactions Steps of Transition Metal Catalyzed Reaction.
Homogeneous Catalysis by Transition Metal Complexes.
Appendices.
Index.
