Molecules And Models: The Molecular Structures Of Main Group Element Compounds
by Arne Haaland /
2012 / English / PDF
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This book provides a systematic description of the molecular
structures and bonding in simple compounds of the main group
elements with particular emphasis on bond distances, bond energies
and coordination geometries. The description includes the
structures of hydrogen, halogen and methyl derivatives of the
elements in each group, some of these molecules are ionic, some
polar covalent. The survey of molecules whose structures conform to
well-established trends is followed by representative examples of
molecules that do not conform. We also describe electron
donor-acceptor and hydrogen bonded complexes. Chemists use models
to systematize our knowledge, to memorize information and to
predict the structures of compounds that have not yet been studied.
The book provides a lucid discussion of a number of models such as
the Lewis electron-pair bond and the V.S.E.P.R. models, the
spherical and polarizable ion models, and molecular orbital
calculations, and it outlines the successes and failures of each.
This book provides a systematic description of the molecular
structures and bonding in simple compounds of the main group
elements with particular emphasis on bond distances, bond energies
and coordination geometries. The description includes the
structures of hydrogen, halogen and methyl derivatives of the
elements in each group, some of these molecules are ionic, some
polar covalent. The survey of molecules whose structures conform to
well-established trends is followed by representative examples of
molecules that do not conform. We also describe electron
donor-acceptor and hydrogen bonded complexes. Chemists use models
to systematize our knowledge, to memorize information and to
predict the structures of compounds that have not yet been studied.
The book provides a lucid discussion of a number of models such as
the Lewis electron-pair bond and the V.S.E.P.R. models, the
spherical and polarizable ion models, and molecular orbital
calculations, and it outlines the successes and failures of each.
