Descriptive Inorganic, Coordination, and Solid-State Chemistry
2nd Edition, Errata List
*p 79
at top: should be "of the more than two centuries"
p 86
Prob 4.19, 1st line, insert “3” in front of dz2.
*p 122
Reference for Problem 5.27 should be T. Ramasami and A.G. Sykes,
J.C.S. Chem. Commun. (1976): 378.
§p 162
Figure 7.10(c), The C layer is not oriented correctly. It should look like
the B layer in Figure 7.10(d)
*p 190
Prob 7.42, 2nd line
Should be MgO not MgO
§p 211
Prob 8.13
ΔHg should be 121.7 kJ/mol
p 211
Prob 8.18
First line: NH4+ is in italics – it should not be
p 226
Figure 9.7
The values for electron affinities in this table (from
Ref. 24) and the surrounding text do not always
match the values given other places in text
(principally Chapter 8 values). This will be
changed if there is a third edition.
§p 248
Table 10.2
The entry in “Mass, u” column should be changed
from 1.00728 to 1.007825u (1.00728u is the correct
value for the proton whereas 1.007825u is the
correct value for hydrogen (including the electron)
*p 256
Fig 10.5
Should be Ac-Lu not Ac-Li
p 298
Prob 11.30
“diagrams” should be singular
*p 327
Prob 12.24
Check into this. Kinetically, lithium is less
reactive.
§p 371
Caption for
Figure 14.14
Eliminate (a), (b), and (c) in the caption as these
letters are not used in the actual figure (and are not
needed in the figure for clarity). The very last
formula in the caption should read [Al(H2O)6]3+ not
(Al(H2O6]3+ -- replace beginning parenthesis with
beginning square bracket.
§p 406
Equation 15.11
Equation 15.12
Should be 23892U 
Should be 23592U 
206
82Pb
207
82Pb
+ 8 42He + 6 0-1e
+ 7 42He + 4 0-1e
Equation 15.13
Should be 23890Th 
§p 407
Third paragraph up
“as discussed on p. 000” should be replaced with
“as discussed on p. 372”
§p 424
Problem 15.59
should say “pictured in Figure 15.13f”, not Figure
15.8f
§p 462
Prob 16.21
Should be phosphorous acid not phosphorus acid
*p 465
Prob 16.57
In first line, change diphosphorus to
tetraphosphorous
*p 471
Fig 17.2
Should not be shading in S or Se rectangles
p 480
Table 17.2
The minus signs in dithionite structure should be on
singly-bound oxygens (O’s) not on doubly-bound.
§p 491
Prob 17.28
insert word “of” after role: should say Discuss the
role of . . .
§p 511
Table 18.3
Third entry from the bottom: should be trigonal
planar not triagonal planar
*p 536
Equation 19.2
Xe+PtF6 should have (s) after it not (g)
p 537
3rd line under Eqn
19.7
Should say “The reaction can even be carried out”
not “even by carried out”.
§p 546
Problem 19.25
Should refer to Figure 19.3 not Figure 9.3.
208
82Pb
+ 6 42He + 4 0-1e
* = corrected in 2nd Printing
§ = sent to publisher 2/6/2004
Instructor’s/Students’ Solution Manuals (Students’ Manual has answer to only the
odd problems)
Prob 4.39(c)
Should be cobalt (Co) not chromium (Cr)
*Prob 4.41
Missing orbital line and barycenter in octahedral split.
*Prob 4.59
Square root sign missing in the μS calculation.
*Prob 8.2
Should use 2.96 for ro in the Kapustinskii equation because we can’t bank
on knowing the crystal structure. This would yield a value for the lattice
energy of –716 instead of –755kJ/mol.
Prob 8.8
Should refer to Table 7.9 not Table 7.8
Prob 8.13
Replace ΔHg of 243.0 kJ/mol with the correct value of 121.7 kJ/mol
*Prob 8.26
In the cycle, it should read 2xEA on the arrow rather than just one.
Prob 8.36
(g) for the Cl2 in the thermodynamic cycle should read Cl2(g) not Cl2(g)
*Prob 9.17
In the last line, it should refer to Prob 9.16 not 9.15
Prob 10.
*Prob 12.24
Check answer. Even though the statement of the problem is incorrect, the
answer here is correct.
*Prob 13.15
Problem with FrCl has a misprint in it: RaCl2 instead of FrCl
*Prob 14.41
At first I thought the IM and SSM should be altered to reflect the
complexity of this compound. However, on further inspection, I conclude
that the IM and SSM are correct as written.
*Prob 16.19
Answers to (b) and (d) should be phosphates not phosphites:
(b) (NH4)H2PO4
(d) CaHPO4
Prob 16.57
Check that this is consistent with tetraphosphorus decoxide
*Prob 16.62
Don’t need capital on Dinitrogen; should say “oxidized from –1 to +1 in
nitrous oxide”
*Prob 17.15
Equilibrium (two arrows; one going each way) arrow is misplaced: should
be between H2O and HSO3-(aq).
*Prob 17.58
Product should be D2SO4.
*Prob 18.18
In final balanced equation, need a 2 in front of SO42-(aq).
* = corrected in file