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Preface

This manual was prepared for both students and instructors. We primarily use this

resource to provide our students with answers to problems after they have attempted to

work out their own solutions. However, we recognize that the availability of a complete

answer key can be a great help, particularly to students studying inorganic chemistry

independently.

Many problems in the text provide literature references. In addition to making

use of information from these sources, these solutions often provide additional

references. Readers are encouraged to explore these sources for information beyond the

scope of this manual.

The fifth edition of Inorganic Chemistry has numerous new end-of-chapter

problems. Careful readers will likely find places to offer suggestions for improvements.

We welcome such suggestions, either for the Inorganic Chemistry text or for this manual,

to improve future printings and editions.

Special appreciation is due to Coleen Morrison of Pearson Education, Inc. for all

she has done in her role as editor to shepherd this project through to its conclusion, and to

Amanda Reig at Ursinus College for her careful checking of the manuscript and valuable

suggestions.

Best wishes as you embark on your journey of learning inorganic chemistry.

Gary L. Miessler St. Olaf College

Paul J. Fischer Macalester College

Orbital images in this manual were generated using Scigress Explorer Ultra, Version 7.7.0.47, 20002007 Fujitsu Limited, 19892000 Oxford Molecular Ltd., and some calculations were done using Spartan Pro, Version 6.0.6., Wavefunction, Inc. The other drawings were prepared using CS ChemDraw Std, Version 12.0, 19862009, CambridgeSoft.