Group 12 elements bioinorganic chemistry

As explained in the Preface, the organization of this sixth edition does not include chapters on broad classes of compounds (e.g., organometallic compounds) nor on broad topics (e.g., bioinorganic chemistry). Much material that previously appeared in such chapters is now distributed in the present rewritten chapters on the chemistry of individual elements or groups of elements. However, there are still cross-cutting concepts that are best treated generically. That will be done partly in this chapter, but also, for a few topics that are mainly relevant to transition metal chemistry, in Chapter 16. 

This chapter reviews the bioinorganic and inorganic co-ordination chemistry of the Group IIB elements from September 1975 to September 1976. As a change from the previous two years, the chemistry of these elements is discussed here in terms of the donor ligand involved, rather than the individual metals themselves. 

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