Organometallic complexes energetics

Bonding Energetics of Organometallic Compounds Cobalt Inorgatuc Coordination Chemistry Cobalt Organometallic Chemistry Mechanisms of Reaction of Organometallic Complexes. 

The majority of organometallic complexes contain 18 electrons see Bonding Energetics of Organometallic Compounds). These complexes undergo ligand substitution, reductive elimination, and electron-transfer reactions see Electron Transfer in Coordination Compounds). Each type of reaction will be covered in the following sections. 

Bonding Energetics of Organometallic Compounds Electron Transfer in Coordination Compounds Paramagnetic Organometallic Complexes Structure Property Maps for Inorganic Solids. 

Kochi s book from 1978 [la] helped to establish electron-transfer and radical reactions as a crucial part of mainstream organometallic chemistry. The importance of such reactions is evident from Astruc s book [lb], still the most comprehensive and authoritative book in the area, and from several reviews and review collections [2] on aspects of organometallic electron-transfer reactivity. This chapter will be fully devoted to the use of electrochemical techniques to obtain bond-energy data for organometallic complexes, a topic that has not been previously reviewed. Aspects of the energetics of redox-induced structural changes and isomerizations, a thoroughly pursued topic, has been reviewed [2o] and will not be included here. 

Two-electron redox processes are facile in metal sulfide surfaces, and thus M-S bond breaking and re-making in such extended arrays may provide an energetically favorable pathway to modify the electron count at a particular metal center. Although Tl -bonded thiophenes have not been invoked in heterogeneous HDS mechanisms, T T transformations such as the ones defined in organometallic complexes could be envisaged to take place at the active sites of HDS catalysts, as possible routes for... 

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