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Molecules and Models: The molecular structures of main group element compounds
Author(s): Arne Haaland (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: 13 September 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 336 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199657416
- ISBN-13: 9780199657414
Book Description
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 VSEPR models, the spherical and polarizable ion models, and molecular orbital calculations, and it outlines the successes and failures of each.
Editorial Reviews
Review
A light and didactic reading on the structure of molecules of main-group elements. The author has put his four decades of research experience into this book and made excellent use of some 300 representative examples. ― Magdolna Hargittai, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
No other book brings together the analysis of molecules from normal to unusual, and brings together so many different approaches. This book will contribute to increase our critical understanding of molecules, which is very important. ―
Odile Eisenstein, University of MontpellierAbout the Author
Professor Arne Haaland, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Norway
