Descriptive inorganic chemistry

Wulfsberg, G., Principles of Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry. Brooks/Cole, Monterey, CA, 1987. 

Rodgers, G. E. Introduction to Coordination, Solid State, and Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry , McGraw-Hill New York, 1994, p. 101. 

Step (1). Species identification. Perusal of descriptive inorganic chemistry texts will lead to the discovery of the Ga-, 0-, and H-containing species which persist in water. These species consist of the solids Ga and Ga(OH)3 and the soluble ions Ga+ and Ga(OH)4. It should be noted that Ga(OH)3 should occur in the basic region and that Ga will sit low on the E-pH diagram because it is the most highly reduced species. 

Step (1). Species identification. Gonsultation of a good descriptive inorganic chemistry textbook will indicate that the major species of Mn which... 

The chemistry of the elements in aqueous solution is a very important aspect of the chemistry discipline because of its numerous applications in many sciences, applied sciences, engineering fields, and technologies. Years ago, much of the subject matter was taught in courses under the title of qualitative analysis. But those courses disappeared and in many universities, nothing replaced the loss of subject matter. Courses in descriptive inorganic chemistry came to be offered in many schools, but only a portion of the subject matter actually dealt with the detailed chemical behavior of the elements in aqueous solution. 

Our aim has been to provide a textbook for courses in descriptive inorganic chemistry and a reference book for the numerous other fields in which inorganic solution chemistry is of importance. 

Not all of the hypothetical structures shown in Figures 6.18 and 6.19 correspond to real chemical structures, but most do. A useful exercise would be to consult a book of descriptive inorganic chemistry and identify as many of the structures that represent real molecules. 

Acids end bases are fundamental to inorganic chemistry. Together with the closely related subjects of redox and coordination chemistry, they form the basis of descriptive inorganic chemistry. Because they are so fundamental, there has been much work (and sometimes much disagreement) attempting to find the best" way of treating the subject. 

VSEPR theory can successfully account for many of the fine details in a structure, especially bond angles. However, we will be mainly concerned with the gross geometries of molecules and polyatomic ions. Structural minutiae are of considerable interest to most inorganic chemists, but they are important in the study of descriptive inorganic chemistry only to the extent that they may illuminate details of bonding which are relevant to the very existence of a substance, and to its reactions. 

In accounts of descriptive inorganic chemistry - especially in more elementary texts - it is common practice to classify elements as metals or nonmetals , with semi-metals or metalloids as a borderline case, according to the nature of the elemental substance. The chemistry of an element is, to some extent, broadly predictable from this classification. Metallic elements tend to form ionic oxides and halides they form... 

This chapter is not intended to provide a rigorous treatment of MO theory. Its purpose is to help the reader who has some elementary acquaintance with the subject to appreciate the MO arguments likely to be encountered in the study of descriptive inorganic chemistry, and to emphasise the points which, the reader should look out for in more detailed expositions of MO theory. 

These vary considerably in the level of treatment, and in the extent to which descriptive inorganic chemistry is covered. No attempt here is made to assess their... 

Smith, Derek W. (Derek William), 1943-Inorganic substances a prelude to the study of descriptive inorganic chemistry/Derek W. Smith, p. cm. 

The appearance in 1984 of Greenwood and Earnshaw s Chemistry of the Elements was a landmark. Here was a modern textbook of essentially descriptive inorganic chemistry (although these authors might object to such a title). Such a comprehensive work is necessarily hefty (1500+ pages, 2 kg) and perhaps not very practical for classroom purposes, let alone for browsing on the bus or at the breakfast table. 

Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry J. E. House Kathleen A. House... 

The structural chemistry of the tin(II) ion has been reviewed by Donaldson 91>, who concludes that the effective shape of this ion in crystalline materials may be described as a sphere with a bulge of electron density that prevents the close approach of other bodies along the direction in which the bulge points. The ns2 outer electron configuration, he writes, "presents a unique problem in descriptive inorganic chemistry. ... 

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