Contents:
Introduction
Metals and non-metals
Bonding in main group compounds
Covalent bond
Hypervalency
Multiple-bonding
Secondary bonding interactions
Hydrogen bond
Electron accounting
VSEPR
Electron-rich rings and cages
Electron-deficient compounds
styx-rules
Wade’s rules
Zintl-anions
Lewis acid-base theory
Donor-acceptor concept
Orbital interactions
Orbital following
Conservation of porbital symmetry
Representative examples
Main group metals
Chalcogen chemistry
Noble gas chemistry
- Opettaja: Risto Laitinen