1. Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry.

2. Atomic Structure.

3. Simple Bonding Theory.

4. Symmetry and Group Theory.

5. Molecular Orbitals.

6. Acid-Base and Donor-Acceptor Chemistry.

7. The Crystalline Solid State.

8. Chemistry of the Main Group Elements.

9. Coordination Chemistry I: Structures and Isomers.

10. Coordination Chemistry II: Bonding.

11. Coordination Chemistry III: Electronic Spectra.

12. Coordination Chemistry IV: Reactions and Mechanisms.

13. Organometallic Chemistry.

14. Organometallic Reactions and Catalysis.

Appendixes.

Chapter 16, Bioinorganic and Environmental Chemistry, which was not printed in the Fifth Edition, is available electronically upon request from your Pearson rep.