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1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Series |
New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Introduction to Coordination Chemistry -- Contents -- Preface -- Preamble -- 1 The Central Atom -- 1.1 Key Concepts in Coordination Chemistry -- 1.2 A Who's Who of Metal Ions -- 1.2.1 Commoners and 'Uncommoners' -- 1.2.2 Redefining Commoners -- 1.3 Metals in Molecules -- 1.3.1 Metals in the Natural World -- 1.3.2 Metals in Contrived Environments -- 1.3.3 Natural or Made-to-Measure Complexes -- 1.4 The Road Ahead -- Concept Keys -- Further Reading -- 2 Ligands -- 2.1 Membership: Being a Ligand -- 2.1.1 What Makes a Ligand? -- 2.1.2 Making Attachments -- Coordination |
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2.1.3 Putting the Bite on Metals -- Chelation -- 2.1.4 Do I Look Big on That? -- Chelate Ring Size -- 2.1.5 Different Tribes -- Donor Group Variation -- 2.1.6 Ligands with More Bite -- Denticity -- 2.2 Monodentate Ligands -- The Simple Type -- 2.2.1 Basic Binders -- 2.2.2 Amines Ain't Ammines -- Ligand Families -- 2.2.3 Meeting More Metals -- Bridging Ligands -- 2.3 Greed is Good -- Polydentate Ligands -- 2.3.1 The Simple Chelate -- 2.3.2 More Teeth, Stronger Bite -- Polydentates -- 2.3.3 Many-Armed Monsters -- Introducing Ligand Shape -- 2.4 Polynucleating Species -- Molecular Bigamists |
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2.4.1 When One is Not Enough -- 2.4.2 Vive la Difference -- Mixed-metal Complexation -- 2.4.3 Supersized -- Binding to Macromolecules -- 2.5 A Separate Race -- Organometallic Species -- Concept Keys -- Further Reading -- 3 Complexes -- 3.1 The Central Metal Ion -- 3.2 Metal-Ligand Marriage -- 3.2.1 The Coordinate Bond -- 3.2.2 The Foundation of Coordination Chemistry -- 3.2.3 Complex Shape -- Not Just Any Which Way -- 3.3 Holding On -- The Nature of Bonding in Metal Complexes -- 3.3.1 An Ionic Bonding Model -- Introducing Crystal Field Theory |
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3.3.2 A Covalent Bonding Model -- Embracing Molecular Orbital Theory -- 3.3.3 Ligand Field Theory -- Making Compromises -- 3.3.4 Bonding Models Extended -- 3.4 Coupling -- Polymetallic Complexes -- 3.5 Making Choices -- 3.5.1 Selectivity -- Of all the Molecules in all the World, Why This One? -- 3.5.2 Preferences -- Do You Like What I Like? -- 3.5.3 Complex Lifetimes -- Together, Forever? -- 3.6 Complexation Consequences -- Concept Keys -- Further Reading -- 4 Shape -- 4.1 Getting in Shape -- 4.2 Forms of Complex Life -- Coordination Number and Shape -- 4.2.1 One Coordination (ML) |
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4.2.2 Two Coordination (ML2) -- 4.2.3 Three Coordination (ML3) -- 4.2.4 Four Coordination (ML4) -- 4.2.5 Five Coordination (ML5) -- 4.2.6 Six Coordination (ML6) -- 4.2.7 Higher Coordination Numbers (ML7 to ML9) -- 4.3 Influencing Shape -- 4.3.1 Metallic Genetics -- Metal Ion Influences -- 4.3.2 Moulding a Relationship -- Ligand Influences -- 4.3.3 Chameleon Complexes -- 4.4 Isomerism -- Real 3D Effects -- 4.4.1 Introducing Stereoisomers -- 4.4.2 Constitutional (Structural) Isomerism -- 4.4.3 Stereoisomerism: in Place -- Positional Isomers -- in Space -- Optical Isomers |
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4.4.4 What's Best? -- Isomer Preferences |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780470687130 |
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0470687134 |
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