Inorganic Chemistry. Part I| Inorganic chemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the properties and behavior of inorganic compounds. This field covers all chemical compounds except the myriad organic compounds (compounds containing C-H bonds), which...
Inorganic Chemistry. Part I²| When one reactant contains hydrogen atoms, a reaction can take place by exchanging protons in acid-base chemistry. In a more general definition, an acid can be any chemical species capable of...
Different types of compounds. Part I| Coordination compounds. Classical coordination compounds feature metals bound to "lone pairs" of electrons residing on the main group atoms of ligands such as H2O, NH3, Cl−, and CN−. In modern coordination compounds almost all organic and...
Different types of compounds. Part II| Transition metal compounds. Copper phthalocyanine is a transition metal compound related to haem. Compounds containing metals from group 4 to 11 are considered transition metal compounds. Compounds with...
Different types of compounds. Part III| Cluster compounds. Decarborane is a powerfully toxic cluster compound of boron. Iron-sulfur clusters are central components of iron-sulfur proteins, essential for human metabolism. Clusters can be found in...
Theoretical inorganic chemistry| An alternative perspective on the area of inorganic chemistry begins with the Bohr model of the atom and, using the tools and models of theoretical chemistry and computational chemistry, expands into bonding in simple and then...
Mechanistic and Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry. Part I| An important and increasingly popular aspect of inorganic chemistry focuses on reaction pathways. The mechanisms of reactions are discussed differently for different classes of...
Mechanistic and Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry. Part II| Reactions at ligands. Coordinated ligands display reactivity distinct from the free ligands. For example, the acidity of the ammonia ligands in [Co(NH3)6]3+ is elevated relative to NH3 itself. Alkenes bound to...
Characterization of inorganic compounds| Because of the diverse range of elements and the correspondingly diverse properties of the resulting derivatives, inorganic chemistry is closely associated with many methods of analysis. Older methods tended to examine...
Analytical Chemistry| Analytical chemistry is a subdiscipline of chemistry that has the broad mission of understanding the chemical composition of all matter and developing the tools to elucidate such...