Chemical Structure and Reactivity

Why do certain substances react together in the way that they do? What determines the shape of molecules? And how can we predict whether a particular reaction will happen at all?Such questions lie at the heart of chemistry - the science of understanding the composition of substances, their reactions, and properties. While often fragmented into the strands of inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry, a full understanding of chemistry can only be gained by seeing the subject as a single, unified whole.Chemical Structure and Reactivity rises to the challenge of depicting the reality of chemistry. Offering a fresh approach to undergraduate teaching, it depicts the subject as a seamless discipline, showing how organic, inorganic, and physical concepts can be blended together to achieve the common goal of understanding chemical systems.With a lively and engaging writing style augmented throughout by purpose-drawn illustrations, and custom-developed online support, Chemical Structure and Reactivity alone makes taking an integrated approach in the teaching of chemistry a realistic proposition.Online Resource Centre:For students:· Custom developed multimedia content linked to the book, enabling students to investigate the concepts and phenomena presented in the book in a fully interactive way.· Question sets to help students master concepts and gain confidence through hands-on engagement.For lecturers:· Fully worked solutions to the exercises available through the Online Resource Centre.For registered adopters of the book:· Figures from the book in electronic format.

Chemical Structure and Reactivity: An Integrated Approach rises to the challenge of depicting the reality of chemistry. Offering a fresh approach, it depicts the subject as a seamless discipline, showing how organic, inorganic, and physical concepts can be blended together to achieve the common goal of understanding chemical systems.

Part I: The fundamentals/ 1 Molecular structures and the states of matter/ 2 Electrons in atoms/ 3 Electrons in molecules: diatomics/ 4 Electrons in molecules: polyatomics/ 5 Symmetry/ 6 Bonding in solids/ 7 Thermodynamics and the Second Law/ 8 Trends in bonding/ 9 Reactions: the role of orbitals/ 10 Organic chemistry 1: functional groups/ 11 The rates of reactions/ Part II: Going further/ 12 Spectroscopy/ 13 Organic chemistry 2: three-dimensional shapes/ 14 Organic chemistry 3: reactions of pi systems/ 15 Main group chemistry/ 16 Transition metals/ 17 Quantum mechanics and spectroscopy/ 18 Chemical thermodynamics/ 19 Chemical kinetics/ 20 Electrochemistry/ 21 Dimensions, units and some key mathematical ideas

Chemical Structure and Reactivity: An Integrated Approach rises to the challenge of depicting the reality of chemistry. Offering a fresh approach, it depicts the subject as a seamless discipline, showing how organic, inorganic, and physical concepts can be blended together to achieve the common goal of understanding chemical systems.