The Mechanisms of Reactions at Transition Metal Sites

by Henderson, Richard A.

• ISBN13: 9780198557463
• ISBN10: 0198557469
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-01-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Understanding the mechanisms of the reactions at transition metal sites is a key component in designing synthetic methods, developing industrial homogeneous catalysts, and investigating metalloenzymes. These mechanisms are therefore an essential part of undergraduate chemistry courses. This primer provides a broad-based, systematic guide to the fundamentals of transition-metal mechanistic chemistry, including substitution, electron transfer, and reactions of ligands. It serves as an ideal text for undergraduate students with a foundation in basic inorganic chemistry but who are new to inorganic reaction mechanisms.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms	1	(9)
PART ONE: Substitution Reactions
Substitution Mechanisms at Transition Metal Sites	10	(3)
Substitution at Four-Coordinate Sites	13	(10)
Substitution at Sites with Coordination Number Greater than Four	23	(12)
Catalysed Substitution Reactions	35	(11)
PART TWO: Electron Transfer Reactions
Electron Transfer Mechanisms	46	(15)
The Oxidative-Addition Reaction	61	(7)
PART THREE: Ligand-Based Reactions
Activation of Ligands	68	(9)
The Insertion Reaction	77	(9)
Additional reading	86	(2)
Index	88