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SYNTHETIC COORDINATION CHEMISTRY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
by J A Davies (Univ. Toledo), C M Hockensmith (Univ. Illinois, Springfield), V Yu Kukushkin (St. Petersburg State Univ.) & Y N Kukushkin (St. Petersburg State Technological Inst.)
Although coordination chemistry naturally centers on the synthesis of coordination compounds, the synthesis of these materials is typically not an end in itself. Coordination compounds are utilized in all branches of chemistry; from theoretical modeling to industrial and consumer products. While a large amount of information is available on coordination chemistry in general and synthetic methods in particular, no comprehensive work has been presented on the preparation of coordination compounds with an emphasis on synthetic strategies rather than on detailed descriptions of specific syntheses. The goal of this book is to provide an approach to coordination chemistry that is based upon preparative strategies.
The main aim of the authors is to present a systematic classification of synthetic reactions rather than an encyclopedic listing of experimental results. Hence, the coverage is more selective than exhaustive. Despite this, the book provides access to the original literature with ca. 2000 references. The edition is well-illustrated and contains almost 250 schemes, figures and illustrations of crystal structures of selected complexes.
Contents:
- Synthesis of Coordination Compounds: Theoretical
Considerations
- The Solubility of Coordination Compounds: Relationship to Composition and Structure
- Generation of Solvento-Complexes
- Homoleptic Solvento-Complexes: Starting Materials for Preparative Coordination Chemistry (this chapter contains information in tabular form on the synthesis and properties of almost 500 homoleptic solvento-complexes of various metals)
- Synthesis via Ion Exchange in Non-Aqueous Solvents
- Synthesis of Bridged Complexes and Ring-Closures
- The Electrosynthesis of Coordination Compounds
- Non-Traditional Oxidants in Preparative Coordination Chemistry
- Reductants in Preparative Coordination Chemistry
- Boron and Aluminum Hydrides in Preparative Coordination Chemistry
- Molecular Rearrangements of Coordination Compounds
- Solid State Thermal Syntheses of Coordination Compounds
Readership: Chemists.
"The style, clarity and readability of the book are excellent and the book is well referenced and has sensibly constructed indexes ... I consider this book to be a useful purchase for anyone seeking novel synthetic methodologies for academic or industrial application and I recommend it highly."
| Platinum Metals Review, 1997 |
"... this highly recommended volume will be of interest not only to coordination chemists and inorganic chemists but to anyone engaged in the preparation of coordination compounds for which a variety of end uses are likely."
| Structural Chemistry, Dec 1997 |
| 472pp |
Pub. date: Sept 1996 |
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