Unusual Structures & Physical Properties

The principal idea of this volume is to offer a Capita Selecta of unconventional and thought-provoking topics in organometallic chemistry, presented by experts in each field. As intended, this approach leads either to reviews covering a specific uncommon class of organometallic compounds or to overviews which relate uncommon physical properties with various classes of organometallic compounds. The contributions are streamlined thus onto two main axes - unusual properties reflecting structures and bonding situations, on the one hand, and uncommon structural features or structure-reactivity relationships, on the other. Extensive cross-referencing of useful information is provided, making this volume accessible for people working in rather different areas of organometallic chemistry.
The synthesis of molecules with 'extreme' properties is a challenge for all those working in organometallic chemistry, irrelevant of theoretical/computational, synthetic or application interests. This book presents case studies at the interface of these overlapping interests.
Unusual Structures and Physical Properties in Organometallic Chemistry:
* Provides test cases for computational and theoretical models
* Presents a challenge for synthetic chemists
* Provides ideal show cases for analytical techniques This volume will be an invaluable reference for researchers in organometallic chemistry, computational and theoretical chemistry, NMR and other spectroscopic methods.

Unusual properties reflecting structures and bonding situations are described, and uncommon structural features and structure-reactivity relationships are presented, in this overview of the field for those working in organometallic chemistry, computational and theoretical chemistry, and NMR and other spectroscopic methods. Early chapters cover the electrochemistry-structure relationship in transition metal carbonyl clusters with interstitial atoms, with special emphasis on the contrast between carbides and nitrides; unusual nuclear shielding and coupling constants in organometallic compounds; and spin transitions in binuclear organometallic complexes. Later chapters cover molecular clusters with facial arene ligands, cobaltafulvenes and cobaltapentalenes, and supramolecular interactions in solid organo-antimony and -bismuth chemistry. Gielen is affiliated with the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR