--- title: Inorganic Chemistry description: Inorganic chemistry examines the properties, structures, and behaviors of non-organic compounds, including metals, minerals, and organometallics. Learners will understand chemical bonding, coordination complexes, and the role of inorganic elements in industrial and biological processes. category: sciences subcategory: chemistry difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/inorganic-chemistry --- # Inorganic Chemistry Inorganic chemistry examines the properties, structures, and behaviors of non-organic compounds, including metals, minerals, and organometallics. Learners will understand chemical bonding, coordination complexes, and the role of inorganic elements in industrial and biological processes. ## Where to start Start with Principles of Chemical Science (MIT 5.111SC), Catherine Drennan's free MIT OpenCourseWare course, which assumes only high school chemistry and covers bonding, periodic trends and redox. If you only use one resource, make it Inorganic Chemistry by Gary L. Miessler and Donald A. Tarr, the standard undergraduate text on symmetry, molecular orbitals and coordination compounds. Keep Cotton and Wilkinson's Advanced Inorganic as a reference on every element. ## Available Resources 2 Books • 2 Courses • 3 Websites ## Websites ### 1. LibreTexts Inorganic Chemistry Open-access bookshelf hosting full inorganic chemistry textbooks and modules on symmetry, molecular orbital theory, coordination complexes, ligand field theory and solid-state structure. Course-level treatment with worked problems, usable as a free substitute for a standard undergraduate text. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry **Tags:** inorganic-chemistry, coordination-chemistry, group-theory, open-textbook, libretexts ### 2. winter.group.shef.ac.uk/organomet An educational organometallic chemistry resource from the Winter group (University of Sheffield) offering lecture notes, problem sets, and reference materials on the synthesis, structure, and reactivity of organometallic compounds. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://winter.group.shef.ac.uk/organomet **Tags:** websites, science-research, chemistry ### 3. ccdc.cam.ac.uk The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) provides access to the Cambridge Structural Database, a comprehensive repository of crystal structures with powerful search tools, tutorials, and learning resources. It also offers software for analyzing and visualizing inorganic crystal structures and crystallography concepts. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://ccdc.cam.ac.uk **Tags:** websites, science-research, chemistry ## Courses ### 1. Principles of Chemical Science (MIT 5.111SC) **Author:** Catherine Drennan Atomic and molecular electronic structure, periodic trends, bonding and molecular shape, thermodynamics, acid-base and redox equilibria, chemical kinetics and catalysis, assuming only high school chemistry. Includes 46 lecture videos, lecture notes, and problem sets and exams with solutions. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/5-111sc-principles-of-chemical-science-fall-2014/ **Tags:** general-chemistry, atomic-structure, chemical-bonding, thermodynamics, chemical-kinetics ### 2. Inorganic Chemistry DTU's course on homogeneous organometallic catalysis for sustainability, centred on hydrogen storage, biomass upgrading and CO2 conversion. Covers catalytic cycles and ligand effects, so students can reason about how commodity chemicals might be made without fossil feedstocks. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/organometallic-catalysis-in-sustainable-chemistry **Tags:** courses, science-research, chemistry ## Books ### 1. Inorganic Chemistry **Author:** Gary L. Miessler, Donald A. Tarr Standard undergraduate text built on molecular symmetry and group theory, then extending to molecular orbitals, acid-base behaviour, coordination compounds, organometallics and catalysis. Prepares students to predict structure and bonding across the periodic table. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0130354716?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, science-research, chemistry ### 2. Advanced Inorganic **Author:** F. Albert Cotton, Geoffrey Wilkinson Cotton and Wilkinson's 1488-page reference covers the descriptive chemistry of every element, organometallics, and bonding theory. Readers gain a survey of periodic trends, ligand field theory, and reaction patterns they can consult when working through coordination or main-group problems. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0471849979?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, science-research, chemistry --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. 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