Inorganic Chemistry Highlights

by Meyer, Gerd; Naumann, Dieter; Wesemann, Lars

• ISBN13: 9783527302659
• ISBN10: 3527302654
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-22
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

Although research is becoming increasingly specialized these days, which also holds for Inorganic Chemistry, "Inorganic Chemistry Highlights" intend to give an overview on new developments in selected areas of this discipline. Scientists from all over the world present current and widely interesting contributions highlighting their research in - molecular chemistry - main group chemistry - solid state chemistry - coordination chemistry - materials science - bioinorganic chemistry - related topics The book is addressed to everyone looking out for an insight in the inorganic world beyond the own special research area.

Author Biography

Gerd Meyer and Dieter Naumann are the authors of Inorganic Chemistry Highlights, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Molten Zintl Alloys (W. van der Logt & P. Verkerk).

Structure and Bonding Around the Zintl Border (G. Miller, et al.).

Structure Prediction and Determination of Crystalline Compounds (J. Schon & M. Jansen).

Multivalent Cation Conductors (G. Adachi & N. Imanaka).

The Potential of Pentagonal Building Blocks: From Giant Ring-shaped to Spherical Polyoxometalate Clusters (L. Cronin).

Molybdenum Peroxo Complexes as Catalysts in Olefin Epoxidation (W. Thiel).

Syntheses of Rare Earth Organometallics, Organoamides, and Aryloxides (G. Deacon & C. Forsyth).

Enzyme Structures: Active Site Structural and Functional Aspects of Purple Acid Phosphatase and Catechol Oxidase (A. Rompel, et al.).

Aminotroponiminates as Ligands for Group 3 and Lanthanide Complexes - Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis (P. Roesky).

Metalla-calix[4]arenes: How they Assist the Transformations of Hydrocarbons into Metalla-alkylidenes, of Dinitrogen into Metalla-nitrides, and of Carbon Monoxide into Metalla-carbides (C. Floriani).

Metal Carbonyl Cations and Their Derivatives - A New Class of Superelectrophiles (H. Willner & F. Aubke).

Borylene Complexes (H. Braunschweig).

Silaboranes (L. Wesemann).

Carbaalanes - A New Class of Compounds Containing Clusters of Aluminium and Carbon Atoms (W. Uhl).

Molecular Aluminium and Gallium Subhalides (H. Scnockel & C. Klemp).

Recent Developments in the Chemistry of Covalent Main Group Azides (W. Fraenk & T. Klapotke).

Silacalix-[n]phosphinines: sp2-Phosphorus Equivalents of CO Matricess (N. Mezailles, et al.).

Using Dinitrogen as a Raw Material: Is there a Future? (S. Gambarotta).

Organoxenon Compounds (W. Tyrra & D. Naumann).

Index.