Quantum Chemistry

<p>Dedication</p> <p>THE MOLECULAR CHALLENGE</p> <p>Preface to the Third Edition</p> <p>Preface to the Second Edition</p> <p>Preface to the First Edition</p> <p>Chapter 1: Classical Waves and the Time-Independent Schrödinger Wave Equation</p> <p>Chapter 2: Quantum Mechanics of Some Simple Systems</p> <p>Chapter 3: The One-Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator</p> <p>Chapter 4: The Hydrogenlike Ion, Angular Momentum, and the Rigid Rotor</p> <p>Chapter 5: Many-Electron Atoms</p> <p>Chapter 6: Postulates and Theorems of Quantum Mechanics</p> <p>Chapter 7: The Variation Method</p> <p>Chapter 8: The Simple Hückel Method and Applications</p> <p>Chapter 9: Matrix Formulation of the Linear Variation Method</p> <p>Chapter 10: The Extended Hückel Method</p> <p>Chapter 11: The SCF-LCAO-MO Method and Extensions</p> <p>Chapter 12: Time-Independent Rayleigh–Schrödinger Perturbation Theory</p> <p>Chapter 13: Group Theory</p> <p>Chapter 14: Qualitative Molecular Orbital Theory</p> <p>Chapter 15: Molecular Orbital Theory of Periodic Systems</p> <p>Appendix 1: Useful Integrals</p> <p>Appendix 2: Determinants</p> <p>Appendix 3: Evaluation of the Coulomb Repulsion Integral Over 1s AOs</p> <p>Appendix 4: Angular Momentum Rules</p> <p>Appendix 5: The Pairing Theorem</p> <p>Appendix 6: Hückel Molecular Orbital Energies, Coefficients, Electron Densities, and Bond Orders for Some Simple Molecules</p> <p>Appendix 7: Derivation of the Hartree–Fock Equation</p> <p>Appendix 8: The Virial Theorem for Atoms and Diatomic Molecules</p> <p>Appendix 9: Bra-ket Notation</p> <p>Appendix 10: Values of Some Useful Constants and Conversion Factors</p> <p>Appendix 11: Group Theoretical Charts and Tables</p> <p>Appendix 12: Hints for Solving Selected Problems</p> <p>Appendix 13: Answers to Problems</p> <p>Index</p>