Comprehensive Co-ordinate Chemistry 2 Review

Before proceeding any further, it is necessary to define what includes as ‘‘coordination’’ chemistry to set the terms of reference for what follows. For CCC (1987) this was taken to include the synthesis and properties of the products of association of Brønsted bases with a Lewis acid. This definition excluded most organometallic compounds. This definition is still useful, the arbitrary limitation being retained that any coordination compound in which the number of metal–carbon bonds is at least half the coordination number of the metal is deemed to be ‘‘organometallic’’ and nominally outside the scope of coverage. This includes nn-hydrocarbon ligands but exceptions have been made for complexes containing CO, CNR, NO, and related pi-acid ligands.

The emergence of supramolecular chemistry in the early 1980s led to Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry, published in 1997, which contains much of interest to coordination chemists. Coverage of this area in CCC2 is restricted to developments since 1990. The growth in both bioinorganic and materials chemistry since 1980 has been remarkable. Coordination chemistry has played a key role in their development. They appear prominently in CCC2 where we have attempted to highlight important developments and document fundamental advances.

CCCII comprises ten volumes, of which the last contains only subject indexes. The first two volumes describe the development of new ligands since the 1980s, which complements Volume 2 in CCC. They also include new techniques of synthesis and characterization, with a special emphasis on the burgeoning physical techniques which are increasingly applied to the study of coordination compounds. Developments in theory, computation methods, simulation, and useful software are reported. The volumes conclude with a series of case studies, which illustrate how synthesis, spectroscopy, and other physical techniques have been successfully applied in unraveling some significant problems in coordination chemistry.

Volumes 3–6 describe developments in the coordination chemistry of the metallic elements since 1982 (s, p, and f-block metals, transition metals of Groups 3–6; 7–8; 9–12). These volumes correspond to Volumes 3, 4, and 5 in CCC. A review of technetium coordination chemistry was unavailable when CCC was published, and a complete account of its development from the earliest discoveries to present-day applications is incorporated in the new work. In these volumes space limitations restrict the material that can be presented. The information that appears has been selected to give a near comprehensive coverage of new discoveries, new interpretations of experiment and theory, and applications, where relevant.

The style of reporting follows that used in CCC (1987). In the element chapters, discussion of element properties of bioinorganic and industrial relevance is deliberately limited in scope. These issues are addressed separately in subsequent volumes and are extensively cross-referenced.

In the nanoscale regime (1–100 nm) materials exhibit size-sensitive properties and offer significant prospects for achieving molecular-level control of catalysis, sensors, molecular circuitry, and other applications. This prospect has led to a surge of interest and increasing research in nanoscience and nanotechnology. These are areas in which coordination chemistry plays a substantial role. By keeping this in mind, the synthesis, structure, and physical properties of coordination-complex-based super- and supramolecules, clusters, and nano-particles are presented in depth in Volume 7. This volume describes species ranging from ‘‘traditional’’ monomeric complexes to ligand-stabilized multimetallic assemblies, metal or semiconductor nanoparticles, dendrimers, other polymer-based assemblies, and mesogenic materials. It also reports on the electron transfer, photochemical and photophysical, optical, and magnetic characteristics of these sometimesremarkable materials. The emphasis in this volume is experimental with some supporting theoretical discussion.

Volume 8 is devoted to the coordination chemistry of metal ions that are involved in biological processes. Throughout this volume, relevant biochemical issues are discussed, but the focus is primarily on structure, function, and properties of the metal centers in biomolecules. Relevant synthetic models and/or functional mimics are included, but the majority of complexes prepared as potential models are discussed in Volumes 2–6.

Volume 9 is concerned with actual and potential applications of metal coordination complexes. Major developments since the 1980s in the uses of coordination compounds have occurred in catalysis and medicine. There have been important developments of coordination chemistry in the technology of dyes and optical materials, for solar energy harvesting, for hydrometallurgical extraction, and in providing MOCVD precursors for new electronic materials. As mentioned above, the last volume in the series contains the indexes.

As mentioned at the start of this post I am going give you the resource links to these volume. Remember these links are for educational purpose only.