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Cluster chemistry is one of the recent, exciting areas of Inorganic Chemistry. The occurence of molecular clusters, like fullerene C60, constitutes a fundamental feature midway between the chemistry of isolated chemical compounds and that of the elements. Main features of the Cluster Chemistry of both main group and transition metal elements are treated in this book. The author highlights aspects releated to the synthesis, the structure, the special bonding and the reactivity of these species. The book is written as a textbook for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students. References in tables andillustrations permit the reader to reach relevant original information. Professor Gonzalez-Moraga fills a demand for a publication appropriate for dissemination and specially for teaching this exciting subject. From the Contents: Current Concepts in Modern Chemistry - Transition Metal Cluster Chemistry - Main Group-Transition Metal Mixed Clusters - Cluster Compounds of the Main Group Elements - Synthetic Analogues of the Active Sites of Iron-Sulfur Proteins.
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Guillermo Gonzalez-Moraga
Cluster Chemistry Introduction to the Chemistry of Transition Metal and Main Group Element Molecular Clusters
With 232 Figures
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Professor Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez-Moraga Departamento de Quimica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653 Santiago, Chile
ISBN 978-3-540-56470-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gonzalez-Moraga, Guillermo, 1943Ciuster chemistry : an introduction to the chemistry of transition metal and main group element molecular clusters I Guillermo Gonzalez-Moraga. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-3-642-85926-7 (eBook) ISBN 978-3-540-56470-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-85926-7 l. Metal crystals.
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Preface
The vertiginous development experienced by inorganic chemistry in the last decades has signified not only great advances in the knowledge about traditional problems but also the development of new concepts. Cluster chemistry or chemistry of the atomic conglomerates is an important aspect in this Renaissance of inorganic chemistry. A great amount of work has been carried out lately and numerous research papers and reviews are already available in this new field of inorganic chemistry. However a lack of material appropriate for disseminating and specially for teaching this subject is still apparent. The aim of this work is to offer, in a simple and systematized form, some fundamental features of the chemistry of molecular clusters. The interdisciplinary nature of this chemistry appears as a very appropriate subject for a course permitting the student to integrate concepts previously learned and to get an integral vision of chemistry. This book is principally directed at chemistry students at either the senior o