Metal Clusters in ChemistryLuis A. Oro, Pierre Braunstein, Paul R. Raithby Metal cluster chemistry is at the cutting edge between molecular and solid-state chemistry and has therefore had a great impact on the researchers working on organic, coordination, and solid-state chemistry, catalysis, physics, and materials science. The development of new sophisticated synthetic techniques has led to enormous progress in the synthesis of this diverse class of compounds. The number of clusters is growing rapidly, since the possible variations in the metal and ligand sphere are numerous. Modern bonding theories, such as the isolobal principle, have allowed a better understanding of the structures and properties of metal clusters, and thus paved the way for the usage of these versatile materials. Catalysis and nanomaterials are just two of the very promising application-oriented fields. Seventy six contributions, written by world experts in this research field, provide extensive coverage of different aspects of cluster chemistry, ranging from synthesis, structure determination, and dynamics to applications. Up-to-date information, including an impressive collection of structural data and illustrations, extensive coverage of the most important publications of the last decade, and many more features make this three-volume set a complete single-source guide for all researchers working in the area of cluster chemistry. |
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Molecular Metal Clusters | xxxvi |
Clusters 877 | 3 |
Carbonyl Clusters Homogeneous and Surfacemediated | 8 |
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acids Acta alkyne analogue Angew anion atoms Au(I Au₂Ru3 AuPPh3 aurophilic benzene bridging C.E. Housecroft carbon carbonyl carborane cations characterized Chem Chim closo cluster cation cluster chemistry cluster compounds containing coordination crystal cyclopentadienyl D. J. Cardin Dalton Trans derivatives dimers dinuclear distances dppe electron count Engl Figure fluxional formation fragment geometry gold atoms gold cluster gold(I group 14 heteronuclear cluster hydrido hydrogen Inorg interactions intermediate isomer isomerization Laguna metal atoms metal clusters metal core metal-metal bonds metallacarboranes molecular structure molecules NMR spectra observed obtained octahedral orbitals Organomet Organometallics osmium oxidation P. G. Jones Ph₂ Ph₂P phenyl phosphine photolysis planar Polyhedron PPh₂ PPh3 reaction reactivity reacts rearrangement rhodium ring Ru Ru Ru ruthenium salts Scheme Schmidbaur shown in Fig solution species stability steric substitution synthesis temperature transition metal trigonal bipyramidal trinuclear X-ray