Inorganic Chemistry

James E. House is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Illinois State University, USA, and Scholar in Residence at Illinois Wesleyan University, USA. He received B.S. and M.A. degrees from Southern Illinois University and the Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana. In over 50 years of teaching, he taught numerous courses in inorganic and physical chemistry and several special topics courses. His research resulted in over 150 publications in professional journals, many dealing with reactions of solids. He has authored several books on kinetics, quantum mechanics, and inorganic chemistry for Elsevier. He is the Series Editor for Developments in Physical & Theoretical Chemistry for Elsevier and has also edited volumes in the series. House was elected as a Fellow of the Illinois State Academy of Science and he has done extensive consulting in the chemical industry. He was selected as Professor of the Year in 2011 by the student body at Illinois Wesleyan University and in 2018 he was inducted into the Southern Illinois University Chemistry Alumni Hall of Fame.

1. Light, Electrons, and Nuclei2. Basic Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Structure3. Covalent Bonding in Diatomic Molecules4. A Survey of Inorganic Structures and Bonding5. Symmetry and Molecular Orbitals6. Dipole Moments and Intermolecular Interactions7. Ionic Bonding and Structures of Solids8. Dynamic Processes in Inorganic Solids9. Acid-Base Chemistry10. Chemistry in Nonaqueous Solvent11. Chemistry of Metallic Elements12. Organometallic Compounds of Main Group Elements13. Chemistry of Nonmetallic Elements I. Hydrogen, Boron, Oxygen and Carbon14. Chemistry of Nonmetallic Elements II. Groups IVA and VA 15. Chemistry of Nonmetallic Elements III. Groups VIA -VIIIA 16. Introduction to Coordination Chemistry17. Ligand Fields and Molecular Orbitals18. Interpretation of Spectra19. Composition and Stability of Complexes20. Synthesis and Reactions of Coordination Compounds21. Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon and Metal-Metal Bonds22. Coordination Compounds in Catalysis23. Bioinorganic Chemistry