• Provide students with the background knowledge to comprehend the exciting advances in modern inorganic chemical research.
• Covers many topics that are not usually treated in textbooks.
• Point groups and space groups are introduced, and symmetry concepts are utilized in the discussion of molecular systems and crystal structures.
• "Computational Chemistry" and "Supramolecular Structural Chemistry" are included to reflect their increasing importance in contemporary research.
• Promotes an understanding of modern chemical crystallography among the scientific community.

Readership: Senior undergraduate and graduate students in inorganic chemistry, structural chemistry, condensed matter physics, materials science, and crystallography.

Wai-Kee Li, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Gong-Du Zhou, Department of Chemistry, Peking University, and Thomas Mak, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

"This book should be on the shelves of all laboratories or libraries that support teaching or research that relies upon structural inorganic chemistry." - Crystallography Reviews

Part I
Fundamentals of Bonding Theory
1: Introduction to Quantum Theory
2: The Electronic Structure of Atoms
3: Covalent Bonding in Molecules
4: Chemical Bonding in Condensed Phases
5: Computational Chemistry
Part II
Symmetry in Chemistry
6: Symmetry and Elements of Group Theory
7: Application of Group Theory to Molecular Systems
8: Bonding in Coordination Compounds
9: Symmetry in Crystals
10: Basic Inorganic Crystal Structures and Materials
Part III
Structural Chemistry of Selected Elements
11: Structural Chemistry of Hydrogen
12: Structural Chemistry of Alkali and Alkali-Earth Metals
13: Structural Chemistry of Group 13 Elements
14: Structural Chemistry of Group 14 Elements
15: Structural Chemistry of Group 15 Elements
16: Structural Chemistry of Group 16 Elements
17: Structural Chemistry of Group 17 and Group 18 Elements
18: Structural Chemistry of Rare-Earth Elements
19: Metal-Metal Bonds and Transition-Metal Clusters
20: Supramolecular Structural Chemistry