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Author:   Geoffrey A. Lawrance (The University of Newcastle)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 19.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.737kg
ISBN:  

9780470519301

ISBN 10:   0470519304
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   18 December 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface. Preamble. 1 The Central Atom. 1.1 Key Concepts in Coordination Chemistry. 1.2 A Who’s Who of Metal Ions. 1.3 Metals in Molecules. 1.4 The Road Ahead. Concept Keys. Further Reading. 2 Ligands. 2.1 Membership: Being A Ligand. 2.2 Monodentate Ligands – The Simple Type. 2.3 Greed is Good – Polydentate Ligands. 2.4 Polynucleating Species – Molecular Bigamists. 2.5 A Separate Race — Organometallic Species. Concept Keys. Further Reading. 3 Complexes. 3.1 The Central Metal Ion. 3.2 Metal-Ligand Marriage. 3.3 Holding On — The Nature of Bonding in Metal Complexes. 3.4 Coupling – Polymetallic Complexes. 3.5 Making Choices. 3.6 Complexation Consequences. Concept Keys. Further Reading. 4 Shape. 4.1 Getting in Shape. 4.2 Forms of Complex Life. 4.3 Influencing Shape. 4.4 Isomerism – Real 3D Effects. 4.5 Sophisticated Shapes. 4.6 Defining Shape. Concept Keys. Further Reading. 5 Stability. 5.1 The Makings of a Stable Relationship. 5.2 Complexation – Will it Last? 5.3 Reactions. Concept Keys. Further Reading. 6 Synthesis. 6.1 Molecular Creation — Ways to Make Complexes. 6.2 Core Metal Chemistry — Periodic Table Influences. 6.3 Reactions Involving the Coordination Shell. 6.4 Reactions Involving the Metal Oxidation State. 6.5 Reactions Involving Coordinated. 6.6 Organometallic Synthesis. Concept Keys. Further Reading. 7 Properties. 7.1 Finding Ways to Make Complexes Talk — Investigative Methods. 7.2 Getting Physical — Methods and Outcomes. 7.3 Probing the Life of Complexes — Using Physical Methods. Concept Keys. Further Reading. 8 A Complex Life. 8.1 Life’s a Metal Ion. 8.2 Metalloproteins and Metalloenzymes. 8.3 Doing What Comes Unnaturally - Synthetic Biomolecules.  8.4 A Laboratory-free Approach — In Silico Prediction. Concept Keys. Further Reading. 9 Complexes and Commerce. 9.1 Kill or Cure? — Complexes as Drugs. 9.2 How Much? — Analysing with Complexes. 9.3 Profiting from Complexation. 9.4 Being Green. 9.5 Complex Futures. Concept Keys. Further Reading. Appendix A Nomenclature. Appendix B Molecular Symmetry: The Point Group. Index.

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Recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates, two-year technical program students, and general readers. (Choice, 1 March 2011) Overall then, I applaud this attempt to produce a slightly different and distinctive introduction to a major area of modern chemistry. (Reviews, December 2010)

Recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates, two-year technical program students, and general readers. (Choice, 1 March 2011) Overall then, I applaud this attempt to produce a slightly different and distinctive introduction to a major area of modern chemistry. (Reviews, December 2010)

Overall then, I applaud this attempt to produce a slightly different and distinctive introduction to a major area of modern chemistry. (Reviews, December 2010)

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Professor Geoffrey Lawrance; Professor of Chemistry and Assistant Dean Research (Science & IT), The University of Newcastle, Australia Professor Lawrance is the author or co-author of over 290 journal articles, review articles and book chapters in a career spanning three decades. He has contributed chapters to Encyclopaedia of Inorganic Chemistry II (Wiley, 2005), and Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II (Elsevier, 2004).

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