Cluster Molecules of the p-Block Elements

by Housecroft, Catherine E.

• ISBN13: 9780198556985
• ISBN10: 0198556985
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-05-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This new addition to the successful Oxford Chemistry Primers series provides a comprehensive survey of the structures, bonding, synthesis, and reactivity of the title molecules and includes clusters found in the elemental state as well as compounds. It is the first undergraduate text toinclude fullerenes C60. Also presented is a balanced introduction to the chemistry and structures of boranes, heterboranes, cubanes, adamantane-type clusters, Zintl ion, donor-acceptor clusters, and others. Terms commonly encountered in cluster chemistry are defined and polyhedral frameworks aredescribed.

Table of Contents

Introduction and definitions

Clusters in the elemental state

Aspects of the structures of cluster compounds

Bonding in clusters

Synthetic routes to clusters

Reactivity of clusters

Index

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