History of inorganic chemistry

The basic ideas concerning the structure and geometry of complex ions presented in this chapter were developed by one of the most gifted individuals in the history of inorganic chemistry,... 

G. Flink stated that gadolinite "perhaps played a greater role in the history of inorganic chemistry than any other mineral and that it is mainly found only at two Scandinavian localities, namely Ytterby near Vaxholm and Hittero near Flekkefjord in Norway. Other Scandinavian localities for it are of little importance, and in other countries it is found only as a rarity (77). 

Literally thousands of papers have been written describing the photochemical and photophysical properties of [Ru(bpy)3] + over the past several decades, making it one of the most widely studied compounds in the history of inorganic chemistry. The compound exhibits a rich electronic spectrum, with several high-energy n n ligand-centered transitions in the near-UV, weak LF absorptions around 400 nm, and a series of intense MLCT bands around 450 nm. Excitation of the MLCT bands leads... 

The brief history of inorganic chemistry brought up to date... 

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