Shaik S. Chemistry as a Game of Molecular Construction: The Bond-Click Way

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2016. – 418 p. – ISBN: 1119001404The proposed textbook takes the students into a fascinating journey that shows the universal aspect of chemistry: Chemistry is the window given to mankind to glimpse into his material-chemical essence and come to terms with its limitations. In the introductory chapter/lecture, the textbook discusses the connection between the “chemical matter” and love, sex, depression, addiction–all the properties we call “human”. As we are made of chemical matter, this chapter makes a point why knowledge of chemistry is so essential to mankind. This preamble is followed by about 14 short chapters/lectures, which introduce chemistry as molecule building process, like a game of Lego.Molecular Blues
The Chemical Bond and The Lego Principle
Electron-Deficient Molecules, Giant Molecules, and Connectivity of Large Fragments
Constructing Molecular Worlds of Carbon–Hydrogen From Large Lego Fragments
Constructing Molecular Worlds of Life From Large Lego Fragments
Electron Richness, DNA and RNA Molecules, and Synthetic Polymers
The 3d Structure Of Molecules, Electronegativity, Hydrogen Bonds, and Molecular Architecture
The Ionic Bond and Ionic Matter
Bonding in Transition Metals, Spectroscopy, and Molecular Dimensions
Chemistry, the Two-Faced Janus—The Damage it Causes Versus Its Immense Contribution to Mankind