The Chemistry of Ruthenium (Volume 19) (Topics in Inorganic and General Chemistry, Volume 19) - Hardcover

Seddon, E.A.; Seddon, K.R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444423753 ISBN 13: 9780444423757

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 1984

Synopsis

The Chemistry of Ruthenium is concerned with the chemistry of ruthenium, with emphasis on synthesis and structure. The discussion spans a wide range of fields, from coordination chemistry and organometallic chemistry to structural chemistry (of both molecular and extended lattices), electrochemistry and photochemistry, as well as kinetics and spectroscopy. Comprised of 15 chapters, this book begins with an introduction to the discovery and early history of ruthenium, along with its extraction and purification, isotopes, physical and chemical properties, and applications. The discussion then turns to the concept of oxidation state and a scheme for systematizing descriptive inorganic chemistry together with its applicability to ruthenium chemistry. Subsequent chapters focus on the chemistry of ruthenium(VIII), ruthenium(VII), ruthenium(VI), ruthenium(V), ruthenium(IV), ruthenium(III), ruthenium(II), ruthenium(I), and ruthenium(0). The book also considers ruthenium carbonyl clusters and nitrosyls before concluding with a review of the photophysics and photochemistry of tris(diimine)ruthenium(II) complexes. This monograph will be useful to students, practitioners, and researchers in the field of inorganic chemistry, as well as those who are interested in the chemistry of ruthenium.

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Review

This is a monumental work... the authors are to be congratulated for their effort in producing a work which will undoubtedly become essential reference material for any chemist concerned with the platinum metals and probably for all transition-metal chemists. An essential acquisition for any well-stocked chemical library...
Journal of the American Chemical Society

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444423753
• ISBN 13: 9780444423757
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1373
• Editor: Clark R. J. H.