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According to these basic concepts, molecular recognition implies complementary lock-and-key type fit between molecules. The lock is the molecular receptor and the key is the substrate that is recognised and selected to give a defined receptor—substrate complex, a coordination compound or a supermolecule. Hence molecular recognition is one of the three main pillars, fixation, coordination, and recognition, that lay foundation of what is now called supramolecular chemistry (8—11). 

Boron trifluoride catalyst may be recovered by distillation, chemical reactions, or a combination of these methods. Ammonia or amines are frequently added to the spent catalyst to form stable coordination compounds that can be separated from the reaction products. Subsequent treatment with sulfuric acid releases boron trifluoride. An organic compound may be added that forms an adduct more stable than that formed by the desired product and boron trifluoride. In another procedure, a fluoride is added to the reaction products to precipitate the boron trifluoride which is then released by heating. Selective solvents may also be employed in recovery procedures (see Catalysts,regeneration). 

The mechanisms of photoreactivity of coordination compounds limiting cases of decay on a specific nuclear coordinate (dosenco) or via random coordinate selection (dercos). B. R. Hollebone, C. H. Langford and N. Serpone, Coord. Chem. Rev., 1981, 39,181-224 (95). 

Square-planar zinc compounds predominate with these ligand types as would be predicted. This is in contrast to the prevalence of tetrahedral or distorted tetrahedral geometries for four-coordinate species that have been discussed thus far. Zinc porphyrin complexes are frequently used as building blocks in the formation of supramolecular structures. Zinc porphyrins can also act as electron donors and antenna in the formation of photoexcited states. Although the coordination of zinc to the porphyrin shows little variation, the properties of the zinc-coordinated compounds are extremely important and form the most extensively structurally characterized multidentate ligand class in the CSD. The examples presented here reflect only a fraction of these compounds but have been selected as recent and representative examples. Expanded ring porphyrins have also... 

Application of coordination compounds in medicine, materials chemistry, and as catalysts are mentioned and are cross-referenced to a fuller discussion in Volume 9. Comment is made on application of complexes in nanotechnology, and on the molecular modeling of complexes. The material cannot be totally comprehensive because of space limitations, but is selected in such a way to give the most effective review of discoveries and new interpretations. 

Important by-products are urea derivatives (ArNHC(0)NHAr) and azo compounds (Ar-N=N-Ar). The reaction is highly exothermic (—128kcalmol-1) and it is surprising that still such low rates are obtained (several hundred turnovers per hour) and high temperatures are required (130 °C and 60 bar of CO) to obtain acceptable conversions.533 Up to 2002, no commercial application of the new catalysts has been announced. Therefore, it seems important to study the mechanism of this reaction in detail aiming at a catalyst that is sufficiently stable, selective, and active. Three catalysts have received a great deal of attention those based on rhodium, ruthenium, and palladium. Many excellent reviews,534"537 have appeared and for the discussion of the mechanism and the older literature the reader is referred to those. Here we concentrate on the coordination compounds identified in relation to the catalytic studies.534-539... 

For some recent reviews, see (a) Leonard JP, Nolan CB, Stomeo F et al (2007) Photochemistry and photophysics of coordination compounds lanthanides. Top Curr Chem 281 1-43 (b) Biinzli J-CG, Piguet C (2005) Taking advantage of luminescent lanthanide ions. Chem Soc Rev 34 1048-1077 (c) Parker D (2000) Luminescent lanthanide sensors for pH, p02 and selected anions. Coord Chem Rev 205 109-130... 

We have already mentioned the formulae for groups, such as S04 , without discussing the principles by which such formulae are assembled. These may (or may not) involve some reference to structure. The general approach is to select one or more atom(s) as the central or characteristic atom(s). This is so whether the ion or group is a coordination entity or not. Thus, I in ICl4 , V in V02 and Si and W in [SiW,204o] are all central atoms and are cited first. The subsidiary atoms then follow, in alphabetical order of symbols (this rule is slightly modified for coordination compounds). 

As in other fields of inorganic chemistry, some research on coordination compounds has been carried out in non-aqueous media. There are several reasons for this first, some compounds are not soluble in water, but will dissolve in other solvents (of course, solubilities can often be modified by judicious selection of the counter ion). In those cases in which the coordination compound reacts with water, the use of a non-aqueous solvent may be advantageous. A familiar example is the determination of the number of ions in a compound by measuring the conductivity in nitromethane or other highly polar solvent. In studying the self-exchange rate of the [Co(NH3)6]2+/3+system,... 

The present discussion of isomerism in coordination compounds is not, nor was it intended to be, comprehensive and exhaustive. The examples considered are an eclectic selection, and many important systems may have been neglected through ignorance. An obvious omission is any detailed consideration of polynuclear complexes139,256"259 and it is, of course, a quite arbitrary decision not to include any consideration of organometallic species. Other neglected issues, such as the development of a truly comprehensive system of stereochemical nomenclature, are perhaps not yet capable of solution. Nevertheless, it is to be hoped that the principal factors to be considered... 

There is a possibility that an FC state will react before complete thermal equilibration. In the case of diatomic molecules, the process is usually known as predissociation — a dissociative state crosses the excited state potential surface. The situation is more complicated in the case of a coordination compound, but one can imagine an FC state relaxing along some nuclear coordinate leading to bond breaking. A state capable of such a process has been called a DOSENCO state, an acronym for Decay On SElected Nuclear Coordinates .21 The same authors use the term DERCOS (DEcay via Random Coordinate Selection) for a thexi state. 

In what follows no attempt can be made to be truly comprehensive (despite the title of this series), but examples of the use of coordination compounds in analytical chemistry will be drawn from the main fields of contemporary interest and these will be supplemented by references to selected publications, to books and to review articles where these are available. 

The precipitation (Section 10.2) and extraction (Section 10.4) of coordination compounds under controlled conditions and their optical characteristics (Section 10.5) have been exploited, together with a miscellany of other procedures, for detecting selectively small traces of elements in very small volumes of a test sample. Such spot reactions have been painstakingly collected, refined and recorded by Fritz Feigl.83... 

This chapter will carefully differentiate situations in which coordination of metal ions assists in the achievement of specific electrochemical aims from experiments designed to study the electrochemistry of coordination compounds. (For information on the latter topic, see, particularly, Chapters 8.1-8.3). Two major areas have been selected for consideration one almost classical, namely the electrodeposition of metals, the other of more recent origin, namely the modification of electrode surfaces. 

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