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xii Preface

This book will serve as a basic text for a course in quantum chemistry

at the senior level. It is not m ean t to give a com plete cov erag e of the field.

Rather, i t introduces the student to that part of quantum theory that is of

major interest to chemists; i t also introduces him to the most important

use of quantum theory in chemistry

 

application to the understanding of

chemical bonding. Two of the more important specific problems in chemi-

cal bond ing

 

bond ing in com plexe s and in conjugated organic molecules

 

are very briefly introduced; the very basic theory of spectroscopy is also

briefly treated. With this latter material, and the basic theory developed

in the main part of the text, the student should feel happy about entering

more special ized undergraduate and graduate courses in quantum

chemistry .

I should like to express my sincere appreciation to my colleague, Dr.

D .  Saraswati, who read the manuscript and offered many helpful sugges-

tions for modifying it; I am also indebted to him for many useful dis-

cussions regarding its content. The manuscript was typed by my wife,

Eila, who gave up a summer of her time to do it—I am most grateful to

her.

Nelson British Columbia

D . V . G E O R G E