The textbook on the fundamentals of general chemistry is intended for the students of non-chemical colleges providing advanced knowledge in English. The textbook contains the adopted texts on the fundamentals of the discipline “General chemistry”. Unlike the well-known textbooks, the one presented for your attention comprises brief information on analytic chemistry, chemistry of color, smell and taste, influence of chemical substances on organisms together with the materials on surface phenomena, clusters, new high technologies and nanotechnologies. One of the peculiarities of the given manual is the development of wave atom theory in presentation of chemical bond and energy of chemical reactions. In the book the attempt to transit from description course to quantitative estimations of reaction ability of chemical particles and possibility of their participation in different chemical processes is made. A special place is dedicated to chemical notions, terms and names of chemical particles in Russian and English. The textbook can be of interest to translators of English chemical texts.