Front Cover; Essentials of Coordination Chemistry: A Simplified Approach with 3D Visuals; Copyright; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 -- Basic Coordination Chemistry; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Definitions; 2. NOMENCLATURE; 2.1 For Writing the Coordination Formula; 2.2 For Writing the Names; 3. THEORIES OF BONDING IN COORDINATION COMPOUNDS; 4. GEOMETRIES OF COMPLEXES WITH DIFFERENT COORDINATION NUMBERS; 5. CRYSTAL FIELD THEORY; 5.1 Ligand Field Theory (LFT); 6. SPLITTING OF D-ORBITALS IN FIELDS OF DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; 6.1 Ligand Field Stabilization Energy (LFSE).
6.1.1 Tetragonal Distortions in an Octahedral Field6.1.2 The Molecular Orbital Theory; 7. MAGNETISM; 7.1 Diamagnetism; 7.2 Paramagnetism; 7.3 Ferromagnetism and Antiferromagnetism; 7.4 The Spectrochemical Series; 8. CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; 9. EXERCISES; 9.1 Multiple Choice Questions; 9.2 Short/Long Answer Questions; SUGGESTED FURTHER READINGS; REFERENCES; 2 -- Basic Concepts of Symmetry and Group Theory; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SYMMETRY OPERATIONS AND ELEMENTS OF SYMMETRY; 2.1 Rotation; 2.1.1 Linear Molecules; 2.1.2 Angular Molecules; 2.1.3 Triangular Molecules; 2.1.4 Square Planar Molecules.
2.1.5 Tetrahedral Molecules2.1.6 Trigonal Bipyramidal Molecules; 2.1.7 Octahedral Molecules; 2.2 Reflection; 2.3 Improper Rotation (Rotation-Reflection); 2.4 Inversion; 3. POINT GROUPS; 3.1 Symmetry Group; 3.2 Point Group; 3.3 Some Point Groups; 3.3.1 Cn, Cs and Ci Groups; 3.3.1.1 C1; 3.3.1.2 Cs; 3.3.1.3 Ci; 3.3.1.4 C2; 3.3.1.5 C3; 3.3.1.6 C6; 3.3.2 Cnv Groups; 3.3.2.1 C2v; 3.3.2.2 C3v; 3.3.2.3 C v; 3.3.3 Cnh Groups; 3.3.3.1 C1h; 3.3.3.2 C2h; 3.3.4 Sn Groups; 3.3.5 Dn Groups; 3.3.5.1 D3; 3.3.6 Dnd Groups; 3.3.7 Dnh Groups; 3.3.7.1 D2h (Vh); 3.3.7.2 D6h; 3.3.8 Cubic Point Groups; 3.3.8.1 T.
3.3.8.2 Td3.3.8.3 Ti (Th); 3.3.8.4 O; 3.3.8.5 Oh; 3.4 Properties of Point Groups; 3.5 Conjugate Elements; 3.6 Class; 4. FLOW CHART FOR DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR POINT GROUPS; 5. EXERCISES; 5.1 Multiple Choice Questions; 5.2 Short/Long Answer Questions; SUGGESTED FURTHER READINGS; 3 -- Isomerism in Coordination Complexes; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CLASSIFICATION OF ISOMERISM; 3. STRUCTURAL ISOMERISM; 3.1 Conformation Isomerism; 3.2 Spin Isomerism; 3.3 Fluxional Isomerism; 3.4 Ionization Isomerism; 3.5 Hydrate (Solvate) Isomerism; 3.6 Ligand Isomerism; 3.7 Linkage Isomerism.
3.8 Coordination Isomerism3.9 Coordination Position Isomerism; 4. STEREO ISOMERISM OR SPACE ISOMERISM; 4.1 Geometrical Isomerism: Four-Coordinate Complexes; 4.1.1 Tetrahedral Complexes; 4.1.2 Square Planar Complexes; 4.1.2.1 [Ma2b2] n Type; 4.1.2.2 [Ma2bc] n Type; 4.1.2.3 [Mabcd] n Type; 4.1.2.4 [M(AB)2] n; 4.1.2.5 [M(AA)2] n; 4.1.2.6 M2a2b4 Type; 4.2 Geometrical Isomerism: Six-Coordinate Complexes; 4.2.1 [Ma4b2] n Type; 4.2.2 [Ma3b3] n Type; 4.2.3 [Mabcdef] n Type; 4.2.4 [M(AA)2a2] n Type; 4.2.5 [M(AA)2ab] n Type; 4.2.6 [M(AA)a2b2] n Type; 4.2.7 [M(AB)3] n Type.
