Overview
Filled with detail not often found in coverage of the chemistry involved with transition metals, this clearly written resource encourages enhanced interest in the study of organometallic chemistry. Among a wealth of topics it covers the 18 Valence Electron Rule, unique reactions in organometallic chemistry, bioorganometallic chemistry, relevant ligands, bonding, structures, and a variety of other reactions, processes, and applications essential to understanding this highly complex field. The text includes figures, equations, and a large number of problems and exercises at the end of each chapter.
Full Product Details
Author: BD Gupta (Department of Chemistry, IIT, Kanpur, India) ,
Anil J. Elias (Department of Chemistry, IIT, Delhi, India)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 1.270kg
ISBN: 9781439849682
ISBN 10: 1439849684
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 24 September 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
The book is rife with interesting little tidbits and anecdotes about discoveries, practical uses of complexes, and case studies. Separate stand-alone chapters on metal clusters, ferrocene: structure, bonding, and reactions, and organometallic polymers are, as far as I can tell, unique to this text and may be of interest to instructors who practice in these fields. --David A. Vicic, Organometallics 2011, 30, 196--198
Author Information
Prof. B D Gupta is professor at the chemistry department of IIT Kanpur. After completing his MS (Hons) from Punjab University Chandigarh and Ph.D from Flinders University, Australia, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University College, London. After a one year teaching stint at Roorkee University (now IIT Roorkee), he joined IIT Kanpur where he has been teaching undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students for over 30 years. He has taught undergraduate classes for many years at various universities in the USA and Japan. His research interests are in the area of organometallic chemistry of cobalt compounds. He has published more than 90 research papers in international journals of repute. Prof. Anil J Elias is professor at the chemistry department of IIT Delhi. He holds a doctorate in inorganic chemistry from IIT Madras and has gained further experience as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow in Germany and later at the fluorine research laboratories of the University of Idaho, USA. He has been teaching undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students at IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi for over 16 years. His research interests are in the area of organometallic and main group chemistry. He has published more than 50 research papers including review articles in reputed international journals.
