Abstract: FIRST PRINCIPLES Some Preliminaries The Electronic Structure of Atoms Structure and Bonding in Molecules Ionic Solids The Chemistry of Selected Anions Coordination Chemistry Solvents, Solutions, Acids and Bases The Periodic Table and the Chemistry of the Elements THE MAIN GROUP ELEMENTS Hydrogen The Group IA(1) Elements: Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium and Cesium The Group IIA(2) Elements: Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium and Barium Boron The Group IIIB(13) Elements: Aluminum, Gallium, Indium and Thallium Carbon The Group IVB(14) Elements: Silicon, Germanium, Tin and Lead Nitrogen The Group VB(15) Elements: Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth Oxygen The Group VIB(16) Elements: Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium and Polonium The Halogens: Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromide and Astatine The Noble Gases Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury THE TRANSITION ELEMENTS Introduction to Transition Elements: Ligand Field Theory The Elements of the First Transition Series The Elements of the Second and Third Transition Series Scandium, Yttrium, Lanthanum and the Lanthanides The Actinide Elements SOME SPECIAL TOPICS Metal Carbonyls and Other Transition Metal Complexes with TT-Acceptor (TT-Acid) Ligands Organometallic Compounds Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactions of Organometallic Compounds Bio-Inorganic Chemistry Index.