[apexaviour]

Hi,
So I'm a phd student of physics, but my research overlaps a little with inorganic chemistry, specifically transition metal oxides and spectroscopies of them. I can glean some information MO diagrams and find them quite useful when writing about what I'm doing... however it's difficult to find ready made MO diagrams for all the compounds I'm studying, and if I do they're rather inconsistent in design thus making my papers/reports/thesis look messy.

I've been told however that they're relatively easy to draw by oneself, just a few rules to follow and a few properties to know.

Any chemistry books I've glanced at are either too basic and don't go into enough detail, or they're too complicated and assume you know how to make them already.

Any chance someone can recommend me a book that details the basic rules of drawing these? e.g. for IrO2?

Cheers

[enahs]

An inorganic book or physical chemistry book. Just get any ole one from your library.

[cheese (MSW)]

R. L. DeKock and H. B. Gray, Chemical Structure and Bonding is in a class by itself for what you want.
http://books.google.com/books/about/Chemical_structure_and_bonding.html?id=q77rPHP5fWMC
It is dated but basic MO theory has not changed.
I noticed one on ebay that recently sold for $7.49!   

[Dan]

It sounds like this would be a good resource for you, I found it an excellent book:

The Electronic Structure and Chemistry of Solids - P. A. Cox

ISBN-10: 0198552041
ISBN-13: 978-0198552048