1. Edition - November 2008
142.- Euro
2008. 260 Pages, Hardcover
- Professional Book -
ISBN-10: 0-470-06053-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-06053-7 - John Wiley & Sons






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Short description
The first book about chirality as it applies to transition metals, Chirality in Transition Metal Chemistry uses practical applications and real-world examples to introduce readers to this new field of inorganic chemistry. The beginning of this text provides an overview of chirality, a discussion of absolute configurations and system descriptors, and the physical properties of enantiomers while subsequent chapters explain applications to transition metals in greater detail. Advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and academic and industrial researchers in inorganic chemistry will benefit from this essential introductory text.

From the contents
Foreword by Alex von Zelewsky

1.Introduction

2 Chirality and enantiomers

2.1 Chirality

2.2 Enantiomers and racemic compounds

2.3 Absolute configurations and system descriptors

2.4 Physical properties of enantiomers and racemics

2.5 Principles of resolution and preparation of enantiomers

2.6 Summary


3 Some examples of chiral organometallic complexes and asymmetric catalysis

3.1 Chirality at metal half-sandwich compounds

3.2 Chiral-at-metal complexes in organic synthesis

3.3 Asymmetric catalysis by chiral complexes

4 Chiral recognition in organometallic and coordination compounds

4.2 Chiral recognition using the chiral anion strategy:

4.3 Brief introduction to DNA discrimination by octahedral polypyridyl metal complexes:

5 Chirality in supramolecular coordination compounds

5.1 Self-assembly of chiral polynuclear complexes from achiral building units.

5.2 Chirality transfer in polynuclear complexes: Enantioselective Synthesis

6 Chiral enantiopure molecular materials

6.1 General considerations

6.2 Conductors

6.3 Metallomesogens

6.4 Porous metal-organic coordination networks (MOCN)

6.5 Molecular magnets

6.6 Chiral surfaces

6.7 Summary