Physical Inorganic Chemistry: A Coordination Chemistry Approach

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Summary: Coordination Approach
Review: In actuality this books deserves 3.5 star rating, but it is closer to three rather to four. An author does a marvelous job describing sigma bonding in coordination compounds. However, there is inevitable lack of sophistication when the subject touches MO theory. For example, pi bonding in tetrahedral complexes was ommitted and there was not nearly enough time spent on the description of d-orbital splitting in octahedral complexes. As a whole, this book is a good investment and spends a fair amount of time on topics not commonly covered in many inorganic books, such as bonding in clusters. For a more indepth and accurate treatment of crystal field theory I would have to recommend Griffith's "Theory of the Transition Metal Ions".