Includes bibliographical references (p. [91]) and index.

1. Atomic structure; 2. Lewis molecular structures; 3. Diastomic molecules; 4. Molecular geometry: VSEPR rules; 5. Hybrid orbital description of bonding; 6. The MO approach and polyatomic molecules; Reading list; Index; Periodic table

This short text is intended for first year undergraduates and introduces some concepts of chemical bonding in a clear, descriptive and essentially non-mathematical fashion. This text will find a place alongside textbooks containing more detailed formal coverage and mathematical descriptions. This book could form the basis of a 8-12 lecture introductory course on chemmcal bonding. The book addresses aspects of atomic orbital structure and uses this to develop a discussion of the bonding in diatomic and polyatomic molecules using Lewis dot structures, hybrid orbital, and molecular orbital methods. The prediction of molecular shape is addresses through the VSEPR method.