1.	Introduction	12
1.1.	Why This Book Is Necessary	12
1.2.	Questions Which the Book Answers	14
1.3.	Whom the Book Is Intended For	16
2.	How Chemical Bonds Form	16
2.1.	Historic Review of Scientific Works	16
2.1.1.	Works up to 1913	16
2.1.2.	Works from 1913 to 1970	18
2.1.3.	Works from 1970 to 1994	24
2.2.	Explanation of the Nature of Chemical Bonding	27
2.2.1.	How the Atom Is Constructed	27
2.3.	Forces Which Bond Atoms into Molecules	31
2.3.1.	What Was the Main Problem in Chemical Bonding?	31
2.4.	The G Theory of Chemical Bonding	33
2.4.1.	Qualitative Descriptions of the Physical Nature of the Enthalpy Factor	33
2.5.	Quantitative Evaluation of Chemical Bonding Energy	37
2.5.1.	Quantitative Evaluation of the Enthalpy Contribution	37
2.5.1.1.	Models and Mathematical Equations	37
2.5.2.	Quantitative Evaluation of Entropy Contribution	44
2.5.3.	Quantitative Energy Calculations of Homo-atomic Covalent Bonding (Based on Model)	50
2.5.3.1.	Comparison of Calculated and Experimental Data	53
2.5.3.2.	Quantitative Calculations of Energy in Hetero-atomic Covalent Bonding	58
2.5.3.3.	Comparison of Calculated and Experimental Data	58
2.5.4.	Multiple Bonds	71
2.5.5.	Conclusion	73
2.6.	First Addition to the G Theory of Chemical Bonding	75
2.6.1.	Valence Rules	89
2.6.2.	Donor-Acceptor Bonds (DAB)	89
2.6.3.	Van der Waals Bonds (VWB)	95
2.7.	Second Addition to the G Theory of Chemical Bonding	95
2.7.1.	Electronic Transition Reactions	98
2.8.	Three-Dimensional Structures of Chemical Compounds	103
3.	How Chemical Reactions Proceed	108
3.1.	Brief Historic Review	108
3.1.1.	Theory of Active Collisions (TAC)	108
3.1.2.	Transition State Theory (TST)	110
3.2.	Theory of Elementary Interactions (TEI)	113
3.2.1.	Association Reactions (AR)	114
3.2.2.	Dissociation Reactions (DR)	116
3.2.3.	Association-Dissociation Reactions (ADR)	116
3.2.4.	Electronic Transition Reactions (ETR)	120
3.3.	Radical Reactions	124
3.3.1.	Formation of Radicals	124
3.3.2.	Interaction of Atomic Bromine with Iodine	124
3.3.3.	Interaction of HO Radical with Carbon Oxide	125
3.3.4.	Interaction of Hydrogen and Iodine	129
3.3.5.	Interaction Between D2 and HCl	130
3.3.6.	Interaction of Hydrogen with Oxygen	133
3.3.7.	Chemically Activated Reactions	133
3.4.	Ionic Reactions	135
3.4.1.	Formation of Ions	135
3.4.2.	Interaction of Positive Ions with Molecules	136
3.4.3.	Interaction of Positive Ions	140
3.4.3.1.	Oxidation-Reduction (Redox) Reactions	141
3.4.4.	Interaction of Negative Ions with Saturated Molecules	141
3.4.4.1.	Nucleophile Substitution Reactions	141
3.5.	Conence Reactions	144
3.5.1.	Conence Formation	145
3.5.2.	Substitution and Ligand Exchange Reactions	146
3.5.3.	Ligand Introduction Reactions	151
3.5.4.	Reduction Elimination Reactions	152
3.5.5.	Oxidation-Reduction (Redox) Reactions in Conence Compounds	152
3.6.	Additions to Alkenes	153
3.7.	Molecular Reactions	155
3.8.	Basic Kinetic Correlations in Chemical Reactions	155
3.9.	General Explanation of Catalysis	160
4.	Physical and Chemical Properties of Substances	163
4.1.	Physical Properties of Substances	163
4.2.	Chemical Properties of Substances	163
	Summary	173
	Detailing the process of photochemical decomposition of a hydrogen molecule	177
	The experimental data on the bond length in the hydrogen molecule	183
	Theory of Chemical Bonding and Chemical Structure	189
	Theory of Chemical Reactions	193
	Supplement I
	A New Approach to Chemical Mechanics (First Report)	202
	A New General Approach to Chemical Mechanics (Second Report)	210
	General Theory of Chemical Bonding, Kinetics and Catalysis	218
	Chapters from A New General Theory of Chemical Bonding, Kinetics, and Catalysis	239
	On the General Theory of Chemical Bonding and Chemical Kinetics	247
	Theory of Chemical Bonding	250
	Basic Kinetic Regularities in the Light of the New Approach	262
	General Catalysis Theory	272
	Summary	276
	On the Nature of Covalent Chemical Bonding	283
	Positive Charge Concentration Decrease in the Process of Dissociation	285
	Compensation of Entropy Decrease	286
	Conclusion	290
	Brief Phenomenological Explanation Concerning Atom Structure, Chemical Bonding, and Chemical Reactions	298
	Atom Structure	298
	Conclusion	301
	Molecule Structure; Chemical Bonding	301
	Chemical Reactions and Catalysis	303
	Evaluation of Precision in Calculating the Enthalpy of a Hydrogen Molecule	313
	Once Again on the Problem Concerning the Physical Nature of Chemical Bonding	318
	Theory of Heat Capacity	331
	Theory of Electronic Spectra in Molecules	333
	On the Contemporary State of Works about the Theory of Chemical Reactions	335
	Notes for the Teacher	343
	Supplement II
	A New General Theory of Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis (Report XXIII)	347
	A New General Theory of Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis (Report XXIV)	357
	Concerning Mass and Wave Characteristics of Particles	373
	About Quantum Mechanics	388
	Once Again on Physics	391
	Gravitation	397
	Inertia	402
	Structure of elementary particles	411
	Internuclear Forces and Transition of Mass into Energy	416
	Concise hystorical analysis of the evolution of heoretical physics (semilyrical digression)	424
	Force FAS (F - force and S - entropy)	442
	About the Wave Properties of Micro-Particles	443
	General Conclusions	452
	The Main Points in Chemistry that Offered New Results	453
	Theory of Chemical Bonding and Chemical Structure	453
	Theory of Chemical Reactions	457
	The Main Points in Physics that Offered New Results	457
	The Physical Nature of Chemical Bonding	461
	Explanation about the Molecular Electronic Spectra	462
	The main points in the sphere of physics which, in Principle, offered new results	464
	The Main Novelties of Scientific Methodology	470
	Role of Calculations, Hypotheses, and Experiments in Theory	470
	On theTransformation of Chemical and Physical Education	471

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