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Chemical Bonds: A Dialog (Inorganic Chemistry: A Textbook Series)

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I used Chemical Structure and Bonding by Roger L. DeKock and Harry B. Gray and found it very approachable.

You may also want to look at Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry: From Lewis to Electron Densities by Ronald J. Gillespie, Paul L. A. Popelier

Please see my other reviews for other undergrad chemistry books.

I must be brief, again: This book sums up all the chemical bonding concepts met with in the typical, present-day undergraduate Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry courses, as well as basic Q.Chem. The idea is that a student (a clever one, that never makes mistakes!) asks a master questions, and together they go through many areas of chemical bonding theory, and make interesting connections with ideas from other areas too.

All is Very accurate, which can be expected from a world-leading authority on chemical bonding and structural inorganic chemistry. Also, the writing is "madly" passionate and is likely to inspire many of those ho really go through this book to take more advanced courses (or just start thinking!) - since it will be realized that they will add immeasuarbly to one's enjoyment of everyt chemical discussion.

Ever felt that you were assuming things about chemical bonds on weak grounds? This book will clean all confusion out and send you to excellent literature for more detaíls.

Yes, all the physical chemistry of a typical basic text is assumed, as well as a basic facility with the algebra of quantum mechanics.

This book I will recommend to every single student I meet... and to colleagues that dare not confess their doubts about Q.M., (that I am sure noone ever REALLY has understood)!

This short book takes you by the hand into learning fundamentals of chemical bonding (in the good old tradition of Roald Hoffmann) through student/professor discussions (although the "student" clearly has too much insight to even be a graduate student...) A must read, but is there really a book good enough to be worth 120$ for 200 pages?