Chemical Structure and Reactivity

• The first introductory text to take a truly integrated approach in explaining the fundamentals of chemistry
• Paints a realistic picture of chemical structure and reactivity, using an orbital-based approach to understanding reactions, and with clear curly-arrow mechanistic detail throughout
• Fully illustrated with the authors' purpose-drawn figures, to help students visualise even the most challenging of concepts
• The book's two-part structure allows flexibility of use: Part I lays down the core of the subject, while Part II describes a series of topics, which can be studied relatively independently of one another, and selected to fit a particular course
• Numerous concepts are illustrated with fully cross-referenced custom-developed online modules, enabling students to develop an understanding through active learning
• In-text examples and extensive end of chapter questions encourage hands-on learning to help students master the often challenging but essential quantitative aspects of the subject
• The Online Resource Centre features a range of additional resources for both students and registered adopters of the book

Readership: Undergraduates studying introductory courses in organic, inorganic and physical chemistry; these might be students on a chemistry degree programme or related degree programmes such as biochemistry and natural sciences.

James Keeler, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, and Peter Wothers, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge

"This is the most innovative and impressive undergraduate chemistry textbook I have been exposed to in years; it is quite outstanding in its creative and imaginative approach. The authors appear to have stood back and re-thought the whole approach to teaching chemistry at this level. The logical and innovative order in which material is developed and explained is all the more impressive when we take account of the fact that rigour and attention to detail is not compromised." - Dr David McGarvey, Keele University

"The objective of the authors, to break down the barriers used to manage the teaching of chemistry, is laudable, and they achieve their aim, particularly in the first section of the book. They have assembled a teaching resource that is refreshing in its style and rigorous in its content." - Education in Chemistry, 2009

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