Inorganic renaissance

Jens Peder Dahl was closely associated with Carl s research group for many years, and his introductory chapter summarizes his scientific achievements and in particular his contributions to the inorganic renaissance which unfolded from 1950. Harry Gray recounts his very fmitful collaboration with Carl which resulted in a general molecular orbital description of the metal-oxo bond, and he and Jay Winkler review more recent experimental and spectroscopic data on metal-oxo complexes of the later transition metals. Colin Flint also provides a brief review of... 

In the present volume of Structure and Bonding, we focus upon Ballhausen s scientific achievements. In accordance with his own conception, they may be viewed as a coherent contribution to the inorganic renaissance. In particular, he advanced the study of coordination compounds by theoretical, pedagogic, and... 

Ballhausen s own conception of being a contributor to the inorganic renaissance is revealed in the preface of his dissertation. 

Inorganic chemistry and ionic bonding Renaissance and after Both ideas find Both historical theories are... 

This book is about passion. A passion for chemistry. A passion for John D. Corbett, Distinguished Professor of Science and Humanities at Iowa State University of Science and Technology and Senior Chemist at the Ames Laboratory. A passion and admiration for John s way of conducting research in solid state chemistry and for the way he passes on his vast amount of accumulated knowledge to his students, postdoctoral associates and the community as a whole. John Corbett is a truly outstanding solid state inorganic chemist, an individual of immense and different talents, who has influenced not only his discipline but, in many ways, has led the renaissance in solid state chemistry over the past several decades. 

Most inorganic research involves work with small molecules, and relatively little concentrated effort has been devoted to the macromolecular aspects of the subject. The complexity of the macromolecular chemistry has undoubtedly contributed to this neglect. However, it is clear from recent work that dramatic advances in both fundamental science and technology would be possible if the high polymer chemistry of the representative elements were to be studied in detail. Indeed, the much-heralded renaissance in Main Group chemistry may ultimately depend on a closer Investigation of the macromolecular aspects of the field. 

The chemistry of copper(I) is very much less extensive than that of copper(II) and a number of accounts occur5,6,1012 17 20 21 which describe the chemistry of simple compounds of copper(I) with less emphasis on the formation of coordination compounds of copper(I).101317,22 During the past 20 years the realization that a copper(I) species may be involved as the precursor of the silent partner in the type III copper proteins24 25, ZB has. resulted in a renaissance in the coordination chemistry of copper(I) compounds,10,17,30 which is reflected in the amount of space given to the chemistry of copper(I) and (II) in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry by F. A. Cotton and G. Wilkinson. In the first edition in 1952,17a more space was devoted to copper(II)... 

Most of sentiments expressed in the preface to the earlier edition of this book still hold. In the past five years metal-directed chemistry and the use of metal ions to control the stereochemical course of reactions have undergone something of a renaissance. The interface of inorganic and organic chemistry is found in supramolecular chemistry. It is true to say that an understanding of the interactions between metal ions and ligands is at the basis of much contemporary supramolecular and metallosupramolecular chemistry. 

R. S. Nyholm, The Renaissance of Inorganic Chemistry , Inaugural Lecture delivered at University College London, 1 March 1956, published for the College by H. K. Lewis Co. Ltd., London. 

L. Venanzi, The Renaissance of Inorganic Chemistry Recollections of a Participant, Main lecture at the 33rd ICCC (Florence, 1998). 

It is now a truism that, in recent years, inorganic chemistry has experienced an impressive renaissance. Academic and industrial research in inorganic chemistry is flourishing, and the output of research papers and reviews is growing exponentially. 

Tt has become apparent since the time of Alfred Werner, and particularly since the beginning of the period Nyholm 31) calls the renaissance of inorganic chemistry, that we need a new kind of metal ion in coordination chemistry. In effect, we need new central metal ions which can come only from well-known metals. This need arises because of the marked interest in physical-inorganic chemistry, an area which Werner pioneered and which has blossomed during the last two decades. 

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