Including Bioinorganic Studies

Advances in INORGANIC CHEM1STRY Volume 46 ADVISORY BOARD 1. Bertini D. M. P. Mingos, FRS Universita degli Stud; di Firenze Florence, ltaly lmperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine London, United Kingdom A. H. Cowley, FRS J. Reedijk University of Texas Austin, Texas, USA H. B. Gray California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA M. L. H. Green, FRS University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom 0. Kahn lnsfitut de Chimie de la Matiere Condensee de Bordeaux Pessac, France Andre E. Merbach lnsfitut de Chimie Minerale et Analyfique Universite de Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland Leiden University Leiden, The Netherlands A. M. Sargeson, FRS The Australian National University Canberra, Australia Y. Sasaki Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan D. F. Shriver Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois, USA R. van Eldik Universitat Erlangen-Numberg Erlangen, Germany K. Wieghardt Max-flanck lnstitut Mulheim, Germany Advances in INORGANIC CHEMISTRY Including Bioinorganic Studies EDITED BY A. G. Sykes Department of Chemistry The University of Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom VOLUME 46 @ ACADEMIC PRESS San Diego London Boston New York Sydney Tokyo Toronto This book is printed on acid-free paper. @ Copyright 0 1999 by ACADEMIC PRESS All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. The appearance of the code at the bottom of the first page of a chapter in this book indicates the Publisher’s consent that copies of the chapter may be made for personal or internal use of specific clients. This consent is given on the condition, however, that the copier pay the stated per copy fee through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, Massachusetts 01923), for copying beyond that permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law. This consent does not extend to other kinds of copying, such as copying for general distribution, for advertising or promotional purposes, for creating new collective works, or for resale. Copy fees for pre-1999 chapters are as shown on the title pages. If no fee code appears on the title page, the copy fee is the same as for current chapters. 0898-8838/99 $25.00 Academic Press u division of Hurcouri Bruce & Company 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, California 92101-4495, USA http://www.apnet.com Academic Press 24-28 Oval Road, London NW I 7DX, UK http://www.hbuk.co.uk/ap/ International Standard Book Number: 0-12-023646-X PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMEIUCA 98 99 0 0 0 1 02 0 3 B B 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CONTENTS The Octahedral MsY8and M6Y,* Clusters of Group 4 and 5 Transition Metals NICHOLAS PKOKOPLIK AND D. F. SHRIVER 1. Introduction . . 11. Group 6 . 111. Group 5 Metal Halide Clusters . IV. Materials Chemistry Derived from Soluble Metal Halide Clusters References . . . . . . 1 3 24 35 44 Recent Advances in Noble-Gas Chemi