CONTENTS

Cover

Advisory Board

Title Page

Chapter 1: Tris(dithiolene) Chemistry: A Golden Jubilee

I. Introduction
II. Ligands
III. Complexes
IV. Structures
V. Theory
VI. Electrochemistry
VII. Magnetometry
VIII. Spectroscopy
IX. Summary
X. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
References

Chapter 2: How to Find an HNO Needle in a (Bio)-Chemical Haystack

I. Introduction
II. Chemical and Biological Relevance of HNO
III. Azanone Detection Methods
IV. Conclusions and Future Perspectives
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
References

Chapter 3: Photoactive Metal Nitrosyl and Carbonyl Complexes Derived from Designed Auxiliary Ligands: An Emerging Class of Photochemotherapeutics

I. Introduction
II. Metal Nitrosyl and Carbonyl Complexes as Nitric Oxide and Carbon Monoxide Donors
III. Photoactive Metal Nitrosyl Complexes
IV. Photoactive Metal Carbonyl Complexes
V. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
References

Chapter 4: Metal—Metal Bond-Containing Complexes as Catalysts for C—H Functionalization

I. Introduction
II. Dirhodium and Diruthenium C—H Functionalization Chemistry
III. Dipalladium C—H Functionalization Chemistry
IV. Parallels Between Dirhodium and Dipalladium Systems
V. Summary
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
References

Chapter 5: Activation of Small Molecules by Molecular Uranium Complexes

I. Introduction
II. Scope and Organization
III. Carbon Monoxide
IV. Nitrogen Monoxide
V. Dinitrogen
VI. Dioxygen
VII. Carbon Dioxide
VIII. Nitrous Oxide
IX. Water
X. Dihydrogen
XI. Saturated Hydrocarbons
XII. Alkenes and Alkynes
XIII. Arenes
XIV. Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
References

Chapter 6: Reactive Transition Metal Nitride Complexes

I. Introduction
II. Scope
III. Previous Reviews
IV. Properties of the Nitride Ligand
V. Synthesis of Transition Metal Nitrides
VI. Reactivity
VII. Nitrides as Catalyst Precursors and Intermediates
VIII. Strategies for Increasing Nitride Reactivity
IX. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
References

Subject Index

Cumulative Index

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Advisory Board

JACQUELINE K. BARTON
1. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
SHUNICHI FUKUZUMI
1. OSAKA UNIVERSITY, OSAKA, JAPAN
CLARK R. LANDIS
1. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, WISCONSIN
NATHAN S. LEWIS
1. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
STEPHEN J. LIPPARD
1. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
JEFFREY R. LONG
1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
THOMAS E. MALLOUK
1. PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
TOBIN J. MARKS
1. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
JAMES M. MAYER
1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
DAVID MILSTEIN
1. WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, REHOVOT, ISRAEL
WONWOO NAM
1. EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY, SEOUL, KOREA
VIVIAN W. W. YAM
1. UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG

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