P Jeevanantham

This book introduces the fundamentals of coordination chemistry, covering IUPAC nomenclature, types of isomerism, Werner's theory, effective atomic number, and Pauling's interpretation of geometry and magnetic behaviour. It also focuses on Crystal Field Theory (CFT), explaining crystal field splitting in octahedral and tetrahedral complexes, CFSE calculations, and the spectrochemical series. It deals with organometallic compounds, particularly metal carbonyls. It includes methods of preparation, general properties, bonding concepts, and structures of carbonyls. It also discusses the inner transition elements-lanthanoids and actinoids-their general characteristics, occurrence, oxidation states, magnetic and spectral properties. Finally, it covers inorganic polymers, their general properties, and classification based on backbone elements (Si, S, B, P).