Metals and Ligand Reactivity (Ellis Horwood Series in Inorganic Chemistry) - Hardcover

Constable, Edwin C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0135772222 ISBN 13: 9780135772225

Publisher: Ellis Horwood Ltd , Publisher, 1990

Synopsis

200p blue cover, a well preserved copy from a Cambridge college library, hardly used, clean firm copy virtually as new

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Synopsis

A fundamental tenet of modern coordination chemistry is that ligands coordinated to a metal ion cause a perturbation of metal-centred energy levels. It follows, a priori that the ligand-centred energy levels must also be perturbed. This book is concerned with the chemical consequences of this aspect of metal-ligand interaction, and is aimed at a broad range of biochemists and chemists, concerned with the molecular origins of metal-catalysis, as well as synthetic organic chemists interested in novel reactivity of organic substrates and industrial chemists utilising metal-directed reactions. The author prepares the ground with an introductory chapter, before explaining Ligand Field models, possible types of M-L interaction, as well as ground state effects and transition state effects. Further chapters cover structural ground stroke effects, with spectroscopic and structural evidence, and describe effects on the reactivity. Also covered are acidity of coordinated water and the reactivity of coordinated ligands due to Lewis acidity of the metal ion.

From the Back Cover

Edwin C. Constable Metals and Ligand Reactivity An Introduction to the Organic Chemistry of Metal Complexes New, revised and expanded edition This book is a highly readable introduction to the reactions of coordinated ligands, which have become a useful tool in organic synthesis. Bridging the gap between the traditional fields, this text presents the basic concepts of ligand reactivity as well as synthetic applications of these reactions. Topics covered include Principles of metal–ligand interaction Reactions of coordinated ligands with nucleophiles and electrophiles Oxidation and reduction of coordinated ligands Cyclic and encapsulating ligands, template effects and supramolecular chemistry Carefully selected examples, lucidly designed figures and schemes as well as numerous study problems make this book an ideal guide for students and practitioners of organic synthesis. References to further reading are also included.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ellis Horwood Ltd , Publisher
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0135772222
• ISBN 13: 9780135772225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200