Inorganic chemistry
Everything beyond the carbon chain — the molecular gases, acids, oxides and halides of the main group, the geometry-defining VSEPR showpieces, coordination complexes, and the extended crystal lattices that build minerals and metals. Discrete molecules open as 3D models; ionic and covalent solids open as rotatable crystal supercells.
95 molecules · 11 families · 17 crystal structures
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Elemental molecules
10Pure elements that exist as discrete molecules — diatomic gases, P₄ tetrahedra, S₈ crowns.
Oxides
15Oxygen bound to other elements — from water and CO₂ to volatile nitrogen oxides.
Mineral acids
13The classic inorganic acids: hydrogen halides, sulfuric, nitric, phosphoric.
Nitrogen hydrides
4Ammonia and its relatives — hydrazine, hydroxylamine.
Hydrides
8Hydrogen compounds of the p-block: silane, phosphine, hydrogen sulfide.
Halides
16Molecular halogen compounds — BF₃, SF₆, PCl₅ and other VSEPR showpieces.
Interhalogens & noble-gas compounds
9Halogens bonded to each other, and the xenon fluorides that broke the 'inert gas' rule.
Sulfur compounds
5Molecular sulfur chemistry beyond the oxides — CS₂, thionyl chloride.
Phosphorus compounds
4Phosphorus oxides and oxychlorides — cage molecules and reagents.
Boron & silicon compounds
3Electron-deficient boranes, borazine ('inorganic benzene') and silicon frameworks.
Organometallics & coordination complexes
8Metal atoms wrapped in molecular ligands — ferrocene, metal carbonyls, cisplatin.
Crystal structures
17Extended ionic, covalent and metallic frameworks — the repeating lattices that discrete-molecule diagrams can't capture. Each is shown as a rotatable supercell with its unit-cell outline.
