This book provides an introduction to methods of synthesis in inorganic chemistry. The second revised edition contains additional texts and preparatory questions. Moreover, it includes twenty new compounds and descriptions for working under protective gas. Students taking this course will learn about the reactions of solids, solutions, enamels, and gases. They will also be introduced to simple methods of characterizing the products obtained.

Tobias A. Engesser, Norbert Stock, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel; Philipp Kurz, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg