Concise Coordination Chemistry

Industrial applications of Metal complexes have gained significant importance especially in the area of Catalysis in the last three decades. Scope for further development of such applications is extensive as several biological processes in living cells involve metal complexes. Coordination Chemistry is a subject uniquely involving application of Quantum Mechanics, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Catalysis, Biology and Industrial Chemistry. This book has been written keeping these important aspects of the subject in mind.

Industrial applications of Metal complexes have gained significant importance especially in the area of Catalysis in the last three decades. Scope for further development of such applications is extensive as several biological processes in living cells involve metal complexes. Coordination Chemistry is a subject uniquely involving application of Quantum Mechanics, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Catalysis, Biology and Industrial Chemistry. This book has been written keeping these important aspects of the subject in mind.

Coordination chemistry is the study of compounds formed between metal ions and other neutral or negatively charged molecules. This book offers a series of investigative inorganic laboratories approached through systematic coordination chemistry. It not only highlights the key fundamental components of the coordination chemistry field, it also exemplifies the historical development of concepts in the field. In order to graduate as a chemistry major that fills the requirements of the American Chemical Society, a student needs to take a laboratory course in inorganic chemistry. Most professors who teach and inorganic chemistry laboratory prefer to emphasize coordination chemistry rather than attempting to cover all aspects of inorganic chemistry; because it keeps the students focused on a cohesive part of inorganic chemistry, which has applications in medicine, the environment, molecular biology, organic synthesis, and inorganic materials.

This textbook is divided into six parts: theoretical concepts and hydrogen, the s-block, the p-block, the d-block, the f-block, and other topics (the nucleus and spectra). It also focuses on the commercial exploitation of inorganic chemicals and the treatment of the inorganic aspects of environmental chemistry has also been extended.· Atomic structure and the Periodic table· Introduction to bonding· The ionic bond· The covalent bond· The metallic bond· General properties of the elements· Coordination compounds· Hydrogen and the hydrides· Group 1 - The alkali metals· The chlor-alkali industry· Group 2 - The alkaline earth elements· The group 13 elements· The group 14 elements· The group 15 elements· Group 16 - the chalcogens· Group 17 - the halogens· Group 18 - the noble gases· An introduction to the transition elements· Group 3 - The scandium group· Group 4 - The titanium group· Group 5 - The vanadium group· Group 6 - The chromium group· Group 7 - The manganese group· Group 8 - The iron group· Group 9 - The cobalt group· Group 10 - The nickel Group· Group 11 - The copper group: Coinage metals· Group 12 - The zinc group· The lanthanide series· The actinides· The atomic nucleus· Spectra

This reference offers a clear and concise review of modern synthetic techniques of metal complexes as well as lesser known gas- and solid-phase synthesis, electrosynthesis, and microwave and ultrasonic treatment of the reaction system.

A concise account of coordination chemistry since its inception is given here together with some of the newer significant facets. This book covers a broad spectrum of various topics on Environment, Cyclic Voltammetry, Chromatography, Metal Complexes of biological interest, Alkoxides, NMR spectroscopy and others. These are useful to the scientific community engaged in the field of Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry.