1. Gas-Phase Thermochemistry of Transition Metal Ligand Systems: Reassessment of Values and Periodic Trends.- 2. Ab Initio Calculations Applied to Problems in Metal Ion Chemistry.- 3. The Electronic Structure of the Neutral, Mono and Di Positive Transition Metal Nitrides, ScN, TiN, VN and CrN.- 4. Fundamental Studies of Functionalized Hydrocarbons with Transition-Metal Ions.- 5. Electronic State Effects in Sigma Bond Activation by First Row Transition Metal Ions: The Ion Chromatography Technique.- 6. Development of a Fourier-Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FTICR) Mass Spectrometry Method for Studies of Metal Ion Excited States.- 7. Gas-Phase Organometallic Ion Photochemistry.- 8. Applications of Gas-Phase Electron-Transfer Equilibria in Organometallic Redox Thermochemistry.- Table of Bond Energies.