chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Experimental methods for measuring BDEs -- chapter 3 BDEs of C–H bonds -- chapter 4 BDEs of C–C bonds -- chapter 5 Chapter five BDEs of C–halogen bonds -- chapter 6 BDEs of O–X bonds -- chapter 7 BDEs of N–X bonds -- chapter 8 BDEs of S–, Se–, Te–, Po–X bonds -- chapter 9 BDEs of Si–, Ge–, Sn–, and Pb–X bonds -- chapter 10 BDEs of P–, As–, Sb–, Bi–X bonds -- chapter 11 BDEs of H(HG)–, Li(LiG)–, Na(NaG)–,K(KG)–, Rb(RbG)–, andCs(CsG)–X bonds -- chapter 12 BDEs of Be(BeC)–, Mg(MgC)–,Ca(CaC)–, Sr(SrC)–, Ba(BaC)–,and Ra–X bonds -- chapter 13 BDEs of Sc(ScC)–, Y(YC)–, La(LaC)–,and Ac(AcC)–X bonds -- chapter 4 teen. BDEs of Ti(TiG)–, Zr(ZrC)–, andHf(HfC)–X bonds -- chapter 15 BDEs of V(VG)–, Nb(NbC)–, andTa(TaC)–X bonds -- chapter 6 teen. BDEs of Cr(CrG)–, Mo(MoG)–, andW(WG)–X bonds -- chapter 17 BDEs of Mn(MnG)–, Tc(TcC), andRe(ReG)–X bonds -- chapter 18 BDEs of Fe(FeG)–, Ru(RuC)–,and Os(OsC)–X bonds -- chapter 19 BDEs of Co(CoG)–, Rh(RhC)–,and Ir(IrC)–X bonds -- chapter 20 BDEs of Ni(NiG)–, Pd(PdG)–, andPt(PtG)–X bonds -- chapter 21 BDEs of Cu(CuG)–, Ag(AgG)–, andAu(AuG)–X bonds -- chapter 22 BDEs of Zn(ZnC)–, Cd(CdC)–,and Hg(HgC)–X bonds -- chapter 23 BDEs of B(BG)–, Al(AlG)–, Ga(GaG)–,In(InG)–, and Tl(TlG)–X bonds -- chapter 24 BDEs in the C-, Si-, Ge-, Sn-, Pb-clusters and complexes -- chapter 25 BDEs in the N-, P-, As-, Sb-, Bi-clusters and complexes -- chapter 26 BDEs in the O-, S-, Se-, Te-clusters and complexes -- chapter 27 BDEs in the halogenated molecules, clusters and complexes -- chapter 28 BDEs in rare gas atom/ion clusters.