Inorganic chemistry complex reactivity

The historical development and elementary operating principles of lasers are briefly summarized. An overview of the characteristics and capabilities of various lasers is provided. Selected applications of lasers to spectroscopic and dynamical problems in chemistry, as well as the role of lasers as effectors of chemical reactivity, are discussed. Studies from these laboratories concerning time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy of electronically excited states of metal polypyridine complexes are presented, exemplifying applications of modern laser techniques to problems in inorganic chemistry. 

As discussed in the introduction, one important role of theory in studies of reaction mechanisms in inorganic chemistry is its ability to predict or reproduce the structure of individual inorganic complexes. This is useful where the complex being studied is an experimentally well-characterized species, as calculations can provide insight into the electronic structure and the bonding patterns of the complex and help to rationalize its reactivity based on these features. It is perhaps even more valuable, though, when the focus is on a species that has not been characterized experimentally. 

Figure 4.33 Structure of monomeric complex Lu(OEP)[CH(Si(CH3)2] [50]. (Reprinted with permission from C.J. Schaverien, and A.G Orpen, Chemistry of (octaethylporphyrinato)lutetium and -yttrium complexes synthesis and reactivity of (OEP)MX derivatives and the selective activation of O2 by (OEP)Y( jL-Me)2AlMe2, Inorganic Chemistry, 30, no. 26, 4968-4978, 1991. 1991 American Chemical Society.)...

Farquhar, E.R., Richard, J.R, and Morrow, J.R. (2007) Formation and stability of mononuclear and dinuclear Eu(III) complexes and their catalytic reactivity toward cleavage of an RNA analog. Inorganic Chemistry, 46, 7169-7177. 

Zhu, X., Wong, W.-K., Guo, J., et al. (2008) Reactivity of cationic lanthanide(lll) monoporphyrinates towards anionic cyanometallates - preparation, crystal structure, and luminescence properties of cyanido-bridged di-and trinuclear d-f complexes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 3515. 

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