Valency and Bonding

Valency and Bonding

Author: Frank Weinhold

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-06-17

Total Pages: 768

ISBN-13: 9780521831284

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The first modernized overview of chemical valency and bonding theory, based on current computational technology.


Valency and Molecular Structure

Valency and Molecular Structure

Author: E. Cartmell

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1483140601

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Valency and Molecular Structure, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive historical background and experimental foundations of theories and methods relating to valency and molecular structures. In this edition, the chapter on Bohr theory has been removed while some sections, such as structures of crystalline solids, have been expanded. Details of structures have also been revised and extended using the best available values for bond lengths and bond angles. Recent developments are mostly noted in the chapter on complex compounds, while a new chapter has been added to serve as an introduction to the spectroscopy of complex compounds. Other topics include the experimental foundation of the quantum theory; molecular-orbital method; ionic, hydrogen, and metallic bonds; structures of some simple inorganic compounds; and electronic spectra of transition-metal complexes. This publication is a useful reference for undergraduate students majoring in chemistry and other affiliated science subjects.


The Chemical Bond in Inorganic Chemistry

The Chemical Bond in Inorganic Chemistry

Author: Ian David Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0198508700

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This book describes the bond valence model, a description of acid-base bonding which is becoming increasingly popular particularly in fields such as materials science and mineralogy where solid state inorganic chemistry is important. Recent improvements in crystal structure determination have allowed the model to become more quantitative. Unlike other models of inorganic chemical bonding, the bond valence model is simple, intuitive, and predictive, and can be used for analysing crystal structures and the conceptual modelling of local as well as extended structures. This is the first book to explore in depth the theoretical basis of the model and to show how it can be applied to synthetic and solution chemistry. It emphasizes the separate roles of the constraints of chemistry and of three-dimensional space by analysing the chemistry of solids. Many applications of the model in physics, materials science, chemistry, mineralogy, soil science, surface science, and molecular biology are reviewed. The final chapter describes how the bond valence model relates to and represents a simplification of other models of inorganic chemical bonding.


Discovering Chemistry With Natural Bond Orbitals

Discovering Chemistry With Natural Bond Orbitals

Author: Frank Weinhold

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-06-15

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1118229193

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This book explores chemical bonds, their intrinsic energies, and the corresponding dissociation energies which are relevant in reactivity problems. It offers the first book on conceptual quantum chemistry, a key area for understanding chemical principles and predicting chemical properties. It presents NBO mathematical algorithms embedded in a well-tested and widely used computer program (currently, NBO 5.9). While encouraging a "look under the hood" (Appendix A), this book mainly enables students to gain proficiency in using the NBO program to re-express complex wavefunctions in terms of intuitive chemical concepts and orbital imagery.


The Chemical Bond

The Chemical Bond

Author: Gernot Frenking

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2014-07-08

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 3527333142

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This is the perfect complement to "Chemical Bonding - Across the Periodic Table" by the same editors, who are two of the top scientists working on this topic, each with extensive experience and important connections within the community. The resulting book is a unique overview of the different approaches used for describing a chemical bond, including molecular-orbital based, valence-bond based, ELF, AIM and density-functional based methods. It takes into account the many developments that have taken place in the field over the past few decades due to the rapid advances in quantum chemical models and faster computers.


A Chemist's Guide to Valence Bond Theory

A Chemist's Guide to Valence Bond Theory

Author: Sason S. Shaik

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-12-04

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 0470037350

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This reference on current VB theory and applications presents a practical system that can be applied to a variety of chemical problems in a uniform manner. After explaining basic VB theory, it discusses VB applications to bonding problems, aromaticity and antiaromaticity, the dioxygen molecule, polyradicals, excited states, organic reactions, inorganic/organometallic reactions, photochemical reactions, and catalytic reactions. With a guide for performing VB calculations, exercises and answers, and numerous solved problems, this is the premier reference for practitioners and upper-level students.