Table of Contents:

Unit I. Introduction to the Study of Modern Chemistry.

• 1. The Atom in Modern Chemistry.

• 2. Chemical Formulas, Equations, and Reaction Yields.

Unit II. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure.

• 3. Atomic Shells and Classical Models of Chemical Bonding.

• 4. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics.

• 5. Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Structure.

• 6. Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Structure.

• 7. Bonding in Organic Molecules.

• 8. Bonding in Transition Metal Compounds and Coordination Complexes.

Unit III. Kinetic Molecular Description of the States of Matter.

• 9. The Gaseous State.

• 10. Solids, Liquids, and Phase Transitions.

• 11. Solutions.

Unit IV. Equilibrium in Chemical Reactions.

• 12. Thermodynamic Processes and Thermochemistry.

• 13. Spontaneous Processes and Thermodynamic Equilibrium

• 14. Chemical Equilibrium.

• 15. Acid–Base Equilibria.

• 16. Solubility and Precipitation Equilibria.

• 17. Electrochemistry.

Unit V. Rates of Chemical and Physical Processes.

• 18. Chemical Kinetics.

• 19. Nuclear Chemistry.

• 20. Molecular Spectroscopy and Photochemistry.

Unit VI. Materials.

• 21. Structure and Bonding in Solids.

• 22. Inorganic Materials.

• 23. Polymeric Materials and Soft Condensed Matter.

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