Part I: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding; 1. Introduction; 2. Elementary Particles; 3. Units and Conversion Factors; 4. Atomic Models; 4.1. Structure and Properties of the Electron Cloud; 4.1.1. The Hydrogen Atom; 4.1.2. Many Electron Atoms; 4.1.3. The Aufbau Principle and the Periodic System; 4.2. The Structure and Properties of Atomic Nuclei; 5. Theory of the Chemical Bond; 5.1. The Ionic Bond; 5.1.1. Introduction; 5.1.2. Ionization Energy; 5.1.3. Electron Affinity; 5.1.4. Ion Lattices and Ionic Radii; 5.1.5. Lattice Energy; 5.1.6. Determination of Lattice Energy.

5.1.7. Importance of the Lattice Energy5.1.8. Polarization of Anions by Cations; 5.2. The Covalent Bond; 5.2.1. The Bohr Atomic Model and Molecule Formation; 5.2.2. The VB Theory of the Covalent Bond; 5.2.3. The Molecular Orbital Theory of the Covalent Bond; 5.2.4. The Coordinate Bond; 5.3. The Van der Waals Bond; 5.3.1. The Dipole Effect; 5.3.2. The Induction Effect; 5.3.3. The Dispersion Effect; 5.3.4. Van der Waals Radii; 5.4. Molecular Geometry; 5.4.1. Theory of Electron Pair Repulsion; 5.4.2. Molecular Symmetry and Point Group Symbols; 5.5. Bond Properties.

5.5.1. Bond Energy and Dissociation Energy5.5.2. The Internuclear Distance; 5.5.3. The Valence Force Constant; 5.5.4. The Overlap Integral; 5.5.5. Definition of Bond Order, b, and its Relation to other Bond Properties; 5.5.6. Polarity of Covalent Bonds; Part II: Chemistry of the Non-Metals; 6. Hydrogen; 6.1. Elementary Hydrogen; 6.2. Hydrogen Ions, H+; 6.3. Acids; 6.4. Bases; 6.5. Relative Acid and Base Strength; 6.5.1. Dilute Solutions; 6.5.2. Concentrated and Anhydrous Acids; 6.6. Hydrogen Bonds; 6.6.1. General; 6.6.2. General Properties of Hydrogen Bonds.

6.6.3. Experimental Evidence for Hydrogen Bonds6.6.4. Examples of Special Hydrogen Bonds; 6.6.5. Theory of Hydrogen Bond Formation; 6.7. Hydrogen Compounds (Hydrides); 6.7.1. Covalent Hydrides; 6.7.2. Salt-like Hydrides; 6.7.3. Metal- and Alloy-like Hydrides; 7. Oxygen; 7.1. Elemental Oxygen; 7.1.1. Molecular Oxygen; 7.1.2. Atomic Oxygen; 7.1.3. Ozone, O3; 7.2. Oxygen Bond Types in Covalent and Ionic Compounds; 7.2.1. Oxides; 7.2.2. Peroxides; 7.2.3. Superoxides; 7.2.4. Ozonides; 7.2.5. Dioxygenyl Compounds; 7.2.6. Comparison of Bond Properties of the Ions Oxxx, Oxxx and 0xxx ...

7.3. Hydrides of Oxygen and Peroxo-Compounds7.3.1. General; 7.3.2. Hydrogen Peroxide, H2O2; 7.4. Fluorides of Oxygen; 7.4.1. General; 7.4.2. Oxygen difluoride, OF2; 7.4.3. Dioxygen difluoride, O2F2; 7.5. Comparison of Bond Relationships in Hydrides and Fluorides of Oxygen; 8. Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, Polonium; 8.1. General; 8.2. Theory of d-Orbital Participation; 8.3. Trends in the VIth Main Group; 8.4. Preparation of the Elements; 8.4.1. Sulfur; 8.4.2. Selenium and Tellurium; 8.4.3. Polonium; 8.5. Modifications; 8.5.1. Sulfur; 8.5.2. Selenium, Tellurium, Polonium.