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Polyelectrolyte Complexes
This chapter presents selected ideas concerning complexes that are formed either by oppositely charged polyelectrolytes or by polyelectrolytes and...
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Therapeutic Rhodium Complexes
This book describes the emergence and recent advances in the design and development of rhodium complexes as therapeutic agents. Different classes of...
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Coordination Complexes
In this chapter, we focus on coordination complexes. In a typical coordination complex (or simply complex), a central metal atom or ion is chemically...
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Valence Tautomeric Transition Metal Complexes
Valence d-orbital energies of the first row transition metals are close to the frontier π-orbital energies of o-benzoquinones. Complexes prepared...
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What Are Complexes?
The concept of complexes is introduced on the basis of historical development.
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Triboluminescence of Lanthanide Complexes
The photoluminescence of lanthanide complexes originating from f–f transitions is generally sensitized through energy transfer from the ligand to...
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Octahedral Zirconium Complexes as Polymerization Catalysts
The synthesis and X-ray structure of various octahedral zirconium complexes and their catalytic properties in the polymerization of α-olefins are...
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Complexes with a Metal-Phosphorus Triple Bond
A survey of the existing complexes containing a transition metal-phosphorus triple bond is presented. Based on the different types of these...
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Therapeutic Potential of Rhodium Complexes
Until recently, rhodium was one of the neglected metals towards drug development. However, research in the recent past witnessed the development of...
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Cycloaddition Reactions of Group 6 Fischer Carbene Complexes
Group 6 heteroatom-stabilised carbene complexes (Fischer carbene complexes) offer many interesting possibilities to build rings (carbocycles and...
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Volumetric Analysis with Complexes (Complexometry)
In case you want to brush up on your basic knowledge of “complexes in general”, I recommend taking a look at Binnewies, especially the sections about...
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Chiral-at-Metal Complexes as Asymmetric Catalysts
In general, asymmetric catalysts are based on the combination of a chiral organic ligand and a metal ion. Here we show that future research should...
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VCD Enhancement on Coordination: Mono-nuclear Metal Complexes
This chapter describes the enhancement of VCD signals induced by coordination. The contents are concerned with mono-nuclear metal complexes. A series...
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Chiral Diaminocarbene Complexes, Synthesis and Application in Asymmetric Catalysis
The synthetic routes to optically pure N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes and their application in asymmetric catalysis is reviewed. Chiral...
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Chiral Tectonics Promoted by VCD: Multi-nuclear Complexes
This chapter describes the contribution of VCD to the field of multi-nuclear coordination compounds. It is emphasized how VCD promotes the tectonics...
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Introduction: Metal Complexes as Therapeutic Agents
CancerCancer, diseases of bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic origins are claiming millions of lives annually all over the world. Metal complexes...
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Mechanism of Therapeutic Action of Rhodium Complexes
Rhodium complexesRhodium complexes have displayed a broad range of therapeutic activities including anticancer, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral...
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Mercury(II) Complexes with Thiacrowns and Related Macrocyclic Ligands
The complexation behavior of thiacrown ligands and related macrocycles towards the heavy metal ion mercury(II) is discussed. An important focus is...
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Modes of Cooperative Effects in Dinuclear Complexes
This book presents recent advances in dinuclear complexes in which the metal-metal cooperative effect operates for obtaining substrate activation and...
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New Organometallic Technetium Complexes for Radiopharmaceutical Imaging
It is the objective of this review to introduce the reader to the current status of organometallic chemistry, oriented towards the development of...