LibGuides: Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry

Resources & Bibliography

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
A first-stop reference source containing a wealth of basic chemical and physical data for compounds, as well as many other useful tables, constants and formulas, and definitions. A large section is a single table of thousands of inorganic compounds with basic chemical/physical data points. The print edition has an index of property tables. Published annually.
Combined Chemical Dictionary
Not a dictionary, but a database of about 600,000 compounds including inorganic and organometallic, with basic identification and property data, structures/formulas, and literature references. Includes the old printed Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds and Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds.
Reaxys
Reaxys contains most of the numeric data and compound identification of inorganic and metal-organic substances from the Gmelin Handbook through 1976, plus data excerpted from selected journals since that date.

Other Handbooks

Constants of inorganic substances.
Publication Date: 1995
Properties of atoms, molecules, radicals, and ions.

Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry.
Extensive compilation of critically evaluated information on inorganics and organometallics, compiled from the literature. By the mid-1980s over 400,000 compounds were treated in more than 400 volumes. Grouped by principal element, the volumes are divided into the Main Series and Supplements. Volumes up to 1982 are in German. Some element sets have their own index volumes, and there is a series of cumulative formula indexes covering all volumes through 1987. Most of the numeric data (but not the text) from Gmelin volumes through 1976 are included in Reaxys substance records.

Handbook of inorganic chemicals.
Publication Date: 2003
Entries for 2,000 common industrial chemicals, in alphabetical order, showing synonyms, molecular weight, formula and structure, CAS registry number, occurence, uses and applications, physical properties, preparation methods, reactions, and health analysis.
Handbook of inorganic compounds.
Publication Date: 2nd ed., 2011
Over 3,300 gas, liquid and solid compounds are represented. Entries include physical properties, CAS Registry Numbers, MW, density, solubility, etc. Indexes by name, formula, and Registry Number.
NIST-JANAF thermochemical tables.
Publication Date: 1998 (4th ed.)
Temperature-dependent property tables for 1,800 inorganic and organic (C1 and C2) substances and ions, in SI units. Includes references to source literature. Chemical name and formula index begin on p.23 of v.1.

Encyclopedia of chemical reactions.
Publication Date: 1946-59
Dated, but useful for finding basic stoichiometric reactions from older literature that may not have been studied since. Entries arranged by principal element, then by reactant formula, then by reagent formula. A brief "conditions paragraph" of the reaction accompanies the reaction equation, followed by a source reference. Each volume has its own reagent formula and product name indexes.
Handbook of preparative inorganic chemistry.
Publication Date: 2nd ed., 1963-65
Compendium of preparative methods for hundreds of inorganic substances; includes a section on lab apparatus and procedures. Formula and subject index in vol. 2. Later expanded as Synthetic methods of organometallic and inorganic chemistry (see below).
Inorganic reactions and methods.
Publication Date: 1986-89
A set that strives to describe all of inorganic reaction chemistry, focusing on bond formation, arranged by the periodic system.
Inorganic syntheses.
Publication Date: 1939-
This irregular series contains checked synthetic procedures for inorganic and organometallic compounds. Cumulative index for vols. 1-30. See a current list of volumes with links to the tables of contents on the Wiley platform.
Reactivity of inorganic substances.
Publication Date: 1996
Data on composition, reactivity, solubility, and synthesis for over 7,000 substances, arranged by element.
Synthetic methods of organometallic and inorganic chemistry.
Publication Date: 1996-2002
10 volumes covering synthetic methods of metal compounds.

Advanced inorganic chemistry. by Cotton, F.A.
Publication Date: 6th ed., 1999
Cotton's standard text on the chemistry of metal compounds.
Comprehensive coordination chemistry.
Publication Date: 1987 (I); 2004 (II)
Authoritative review chapters surveying binding of ligands, coordination chemistry of the elements in periodic order, and applications. Indexes by subject and formula are in vol.7. These sets complement the similar Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry. In 2004 a ten-volume sequel set was issued, updating literature coverage.
Comprehensive inorganic chemistry.
Publication Date: 1973 (I); 2013 (II)
Collections of background articles by specialists, arranged by periodic table group.
Comprehensive organometallic chemistry.
Publication Date: 1982 (I); 1995 (II); 2007 (III)
Authoritative review chapters on all aspects of organometallic chemistry. The 1995 and 2007 sets update the original 1982 set's literature coverage.
Encyclopedia of inorganic chemistry.
Publication Date: 2nd ed., 2005
Articles and short entries covering all aspects of inorganic, bioinorganic, coordination and organometallic chemistry.
Nomenclature of inorganic chemistry : IUPAC recommendations 2005.
Publication Date: 2005
Known as the "Red Book", this is IUPAC's set of rules for naming inorganic substances, including elements, ions and radicals, acids, salts, coordination compounds and organometallic compounds, and solid phases. It supersedes earlier versions from 1992 (3rd ed.) and 2000.

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