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This book is about transition metal carbonyl clusters. These are molecules that contain three or more metal atoms connected by direct metal-metal bonds. These clusters are interesting because of their structures and potential industrial applications. The book introduces the bonding, structure, spectroscopic properties, and characterisation of clusters, and then explores their synthesis, reactivity, reaction mechanisms, and their use in organic synthesis and catalysis. This book is intended to accompany final year undergraduate and masters courses teaching the subject, but is also a useful reference for those who are starting to research metal carbonyl clusters.
Transition metal carbonyl clusters are molecules containing three or more metal atoms connected by direct metal-metal bonds to give a three dimensional polyhedral geometry. They continue to be an area of great interest in chemical research, as much for their fascinating structures as for their potential industrial applications conferred by their unique properties. This highly accessible book introduces the bonding, structure, spectroscopic properties and characterisation of clusters and then explores their synthesis, reactivity, reaction mechanisms and their use in organic synthesis and catalysis. It is intended to accompany final year undergraduate and masters courses teaching the subject as part of an advanced organometallic chemistry module, but will also be a useful reference for those commencing further research on metal carbonyl clusters.
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