Comprehensive Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry

Contents: 1. Introduction of Coordination Compounds and their Nomenclature. 2. Isomerism in Coordination Compounds. 3. Bonding Theories of Coordination Complexes-I (Werner, VB and CFT). 4. Bonding Theories of Coordination Complexes-II (Ligand Field Theory). 5. Electronic Spectra-I (LS coupling). 6. Electronic Spectra-II (Orgel and Tanabe-Sugano Diagram). 7. Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal Complexes. 8. Reaction Mechanism in Coordination Complexes-I. 9. Reaction Mechanism in Coordination Complexes-II (Ligand Substitution Reaction in Square Planer Complexes and Electron Transfer Reactions). 10. An Introduction to Organometallic Compounds. 11. Organometallic Compounds and their Properties-I (Metal Carbonyls and Nitrosyls). 12. Organometallic Compounds and their Properties-II (Dinitrogen, Phosphine and Dioxygen Metal Complex). 13. Metal Clusters.

The book has been written in a simple, clear and systematic manner with a large number of illustrations and interesting examples to make the text purposeful. The complexities of bonding theories and electronics as well as magnetic properties of coordination compounds have been explained in a very comprehensive manner. Care has been taken to cover all the important aspects of organometallic chemistry. This book will strengthen the conceptual and explanatory approach of the readers regarding coordination and organometallic compounds. This book will also be helpful in preparing for competitive examinations (IIT-JAM, GATE, NET-JRF etc.). The thirteen chapters in this book cover a fairly broad range of topics.