| Preface | |
| The basic knowledge of quantum mechanics | p. 1 |
| The characteristic motion of microscopic particles | p. 1 |
| The basic assumptions in quantum mechanics | p. 12 |
| Schrodinger equation and its solution for particle in a one-dimensional box | p. 21 |
| The structure and properties of atoms | p. 31 |
| The Schrodinger equation and its solution for a single-electron atom | p. 33 |
| The physical significance of quantum numbers | p. 39 |
| The diagrams of wavefunction and electron cloud | p. 43 |
| The structure of a multielectron atom | p. 53 |
| Atomic spectra | p. 65 |
| Periodic properties of elements | p. 80 |
| The structure and properties of diatomic molecules | p. 91 |
| The structure of H[actual symbol not reproducible] and the nature of a covalent bond | p. 91 |
| Molecular orbital theory and the structure of diatomic molecules | p. 98 |
| The structure of H[subscript]2 molecule and the valence bond theory | p. 111 |
| Molecular spectroscopy | p. 118 |
| Photoelectron spectroscopy | p. 135 |
| Symmetry in molecules | p. 146 |
| Symmetry operation and symmetry element | p. 147 |
| Symmetry operations of a group and combination of symmetry elements | p. 156 |
| Point groups of molecules | p. 162 |
| The symmetry and optical activity of molecules | p. 169 |
| The dipole moment and polarizability of molecules | p. 173 |
| Representations of groups | p. 179 |
| The structures and properties of polyatomic molecules | p. 195 |
| Valence shell electron pair repulsion theory (VSEPR) | p. 195 |
| The theory of hybrid orbitals | p. 199 |
| Delocalized molecular orbital theory | p. 206 |
| HMO and the structure of conjugated molecule | p. 210 |
| Symmetry of molecular orbitals and reaction mechanism | p. 223 |
| The bond lengths and bond energies of covalent bonds | p. 230 |
| Intermolecular interaction and the sizes and shapes of molecules | p. 235 |
| Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy | p. 245 |
| The structures and properties of complexes | p. 260 |
| Ligand field theory | p. 266 |
| The structure and properties of complexes containing [pi] bonds | p. 281 |
| The structures and properties of transition metal clusters | p. 293 |
| Crystal lattice and crystal properties | p. 303 |
| Periodicity and lattices of crystal structures | p. 303 |
| Symmetry in crystal structures | p. 313 |
| The description and application of crystal structure | p. 329 |
| X-ray diffraction of crystal | p. 335 |
| The structures and properties of metals | p. 358 |
| The metallic bond and the general properties of metals | p. 358 |
| Close packing of spheres and the structure of pure metals | p. 365 |
| The structures and properties of alloys | p. 372 |
| The structure of surface of metals | p. 383 |
| Structural chemistry of ionic compounds | p. 387 |
| Some simple ionic crystal structures | p. 387 |
| Ionic bond and lattice energy | p. 392 |
| Ionic radii | p. 403 |
| The ionic coordination polyhedra and the linkage rules | p. 409 |
| Structural chemistry of silicates | p. 417 |
| Structural chemistry of non-metals | p. 431 |
| Structural characteristics of non-metals | p. 431 |
| The structures of boranes and its related compounds | p. 437 |
| The structural chemistry of hydrogen and the hydrogen bond | p. 444 |
| App. 1 Exercises | p. 458 |
| App. 2 Units, physical constant and conversion factors | p. 471 |
| App. 3 Answers to problems | p. 474 |
| Index | p. 479 |
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