Molecular Electrochemistry of Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Compounds

The use of electrochemical techniques by chemists, particularly those who regard themselves as "inorganic" coordination chemists, has undergone a very rapid growth in the last 15-20 years. The techniques, as dassically applied to inorganic species, had their origins in analytical chemistry, and the methodology had assumed, until the mid 60s, more importance than the chemiStry. However, the growth of interest in coordination compounds (including organometallic complexes) having unusually rich of electron-transfer in bio-inorganic redox properties, and in the understanding species, has propelfed electro-chemistry into the foreground of potentially readily available techniques for application to a very wide range of problems of interest to those chemists. This growth has been fuelled additionally by the availability of relatively cheap equipment of growing sophistication and by an increase in the "inorganic" chemists' general knowledge of physical electrochemistry. In particular, with increasing availability and sophistication of eqUipment, kinetic problems are now being addressed, and the range of electrode types and configuration and solvents has been greatly expanded. Furthermore, the rapid expansion of interest in biological problems has opened new avenues in functionalisation of electrodes, in the development of sensory devices and, in a sense, a return to the analytical base of the science, using novel and multi-disciplinary techniques drawing on synthesis chemistry of and electronic micro-engeneering. The drive towards increasing use microcomputer-controlled data analysis and the development of microeledrodes has opened exciting new avenues for the exploration of chemical reactions involving electron-transfer processes.

Klappentext

This is the first book about the application of electrochemical methods to the study of properties of coordination compounds (including inorganic, bioinorganic and organometallic complexes), a matter of rapidly increasing interest over the past few years. It deals, in an interdisciplinary way, with the developments achieved in such areas as electrosyntheses, redox properties-structure-reactivity relationships, dynamics of electron transfer, electroinduced reactivity, electroactivation of metal centres and ligands (including small molecules of biological or industrial interest), electrocatalysis, reaction mechanisms, spectroelectrochemistry and electrochemistry in non-conventional conditions (e.g. application of ultrmicroelectrodes to the study of fast reactions). br/ These themes, treated by authoritative scientists, are of particular significance to inorganic, bioinorganic, organometallic or organic chemists, who have considered the application of electrochemistry to the investigation of their compounds, as well as to electrochemists who have turned their attention to solving chemical problems in those fields. The book will be valuable to those already experienced in the field as well as to newcomers; although addressed to senior researchers, it can also be of interest to postgraduates and, in some aspects, to advanced undergreaduates. br/

Inhalt
Preface. 1: Overview. 2: Electrosynthesis. 3: Redox Properties and Relationships with Structure and Reactivity. 3.1. Inorganic and Organometallic Complexes. 3.2. Bioinorganic Compounds. 4: Dynamics of Electron Transfer. 5: Polynuclear and Supramolecular Coordination Compounds. 6: Molecular Electroactivation and Electrocatalysis. 7: Mechanistic Studies (including Numerical and Computing Methods). 8: Spectroelectrochemistry. 9: Experimental Aspects. 10: Electrochemistry in Non-Conventional Conditions, Use of Ultramicroelectrodes. 11: General Discussion, Conclusions and Prospects. Index.