Foreword |
Preface |
Introduction / Chapter 1: |
Definition and Scope / 1.1: |
Transition Metal Carbonyl Clusters / 1.2: |
When Does a Cluster Become Metal-like? / 1.2.1: |
Growth in Transition Metal Carbonyl Cluster Chemistry / 1.2.2: |
Electron Counting and Metal-Metal Bonding / Chapter 2: |
The Ligands / 2.1: |
The Eighteen-Electron Rule / 2.2: |
The Effective Atomic Number (EAN) Rule / 2.3: |
Wade's Rules / 2.4: |
The Isolobal Principle / 2.5: |
Polyhedral Skeletal Electron Pair Theory (PSEPT) / 2.6: |
The Capping Principle / 2.7: |
Condensed Polyhedra / 2.8: |
Structure / Chapter 3: |
Mononuclear and Dinuclear Complexes / 3.1: |
Trinuclear and Tetranuclear Clusters / 3.2: |
Pentanuclear and Hexanuclear Clusters / 3.3: |
Capped Polyhedra / 3.4: |
Coupled and Condensed Polyhedra / 3.5: |
Open and Planar Clusters / 3.6: |
Larger Clusters / 3.7: |
Clusters with Metal-Metal Multiple Bonds / 3.8: |
Ligands / Chapter 4: |
Carbon Monoxide / 4.1: |
Bonding Modes of CO / 4.1.1: |
Other Effects / 4.1.2: |
Ligands Related to CO / 4.2: |
Phosphorus Ligands / 4.3: |
Interstitial Main Group Atoms / 4.4: |
Hydride Ligands / 4.5: |
Unsaturated Organic Ligands / 4.6: |
Alkene and Alkyne Ligands / 4.6.1: |
Unsaturated Rings / 4.6.2: |
Other Ligands / 4.7: |
Characterisation Techniques / Chapter 5: |
Infrared Spectroscopy / 5.1: |
Mass Spectrometry / 5.2: |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / 5.3: |
[superscript 1]H NMR Spectroscopy / 5.3.1: |
Variable-temperature NMR Spectroscopy / 5.3.2: |
[superscript 13]C NMR Spectroscopy / 5.3.3: |
X-ray Crystallography / 5.4: |
Representations of X-ray Structures / 5.4.1: |
Disorder / 5.4.2: |
Neutron Diffraction / 5.4.3: |
Miscellaneous Characterisation Techniques / 5.5: |
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / 5.5.1: |
UV-visible Spectroscopy / 5.5.2: |
Mossbauer Spectroscopy / 5.5.3: |
Cluster-surface Analogy / 5.6: |
Synthesis / Chapter 6: |
Simple Homoleptic Carbonyls / 6.1: |
High Nuclearity Carbonyl Clusters / 6.2: |
Preparation from Salts / 6.2.1: |
Thermolysis and Pyrolysis / 6.2.2: |
Reduction and Oxidation / 6.2.3: |
Redox Condensation Reactions / 6.2.4: |
Cluster Build-up Reactions from Preformed High Nuclearity Clusters / 6.2.5: |
Reactivity / Chapter 7: |
Reduction / 7.1: |
Protonation / 7.2: |
Substitution / 7.3: |
Association and Dissociation / 7.4: |
Oxidative Addition and Reductive Elimination / 7.5: |
Carbide Formation / 7.6: |
Cluster Decomposition Reactions / 7.7: |
Reactions with Organic Ligands / Chapter 8: |
Alkyl and Alkylidyne Clusters / 8.1: |
Alkenes, Alkynes and Allyls / 8.2: |
C[subscript 5]-Rings / 8.3: |
C[subscript 6]-Rings / 8.4: |
C[subscript 7] and C[subscript 8]-Rings / 8.5: |
Heterocycles / 8.6: |
Heteronuclear Carbonyl Clusters / Chapter 9: |
Condensation Reactions / 9.1: |
Ligand Displacement / 9.1.2: |
Addition Reactions / 9.1.3: |
Redox Condensation / 9.1.4: |
Bridging Ligands / 9.1.5: |
Condensation with Electrophilic Capping Groups / 9.1.6: |
Serendipitous Syntheses / 9.1.7: |
Heterosite Reactivity / 9.2: |
Organic Transformations Using Stoichiometric and Catalytic Quantities of Clusters / Chapter 10: |
Establishing Catalysis by Clusters / 10.1: |
Hydrogenation Reactions / 10.2: |
Hydroformylation / 10.3: |
The Water-Gas Shift Reaction / 10.4: |
C-H Bond Activation and C-C Bond Formation / 10.5: |
Mixed-metal Clusters in Catalysis / 10.6: |
Supported Cluster Catalysis and Use of Non-organic Solvents / 10.7: |
Solid Supported Clusters / 10.7.1: |
Biphasic 'Liquid-liquid' Supports / 10.7.2: |
Further Reading |
Index |
Cluster Formula Index |
Foreword |
Preface |
Introduction / Chapter 1: |