Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Volume 18 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
List of Contributors 8
Chapter 1. Structural and Bonding Patterns in Cluster Chemistry 10
I. Introduction 10
II. The Borane–Carborane Structural Pattern 12
III. Bonding in Boranes and Carboranes 16
IV. Some Metal–Carbonyl Clusters 25
V. Some Mixed Clusters 29
VI. Hydrocarbon Systems Conforming to the Borane Pattern 44
VII. Interatomic Distances in Clusters 51
VIII. Some General Reactions 56
IX. Other Cluster Systems 59
X. Conclusion 68
References 68
Chapter 2. Coordination Number Pattern Recognition Theory of Carborane Structures 76
I. Introduction 76
II. Structural Rules 94
III. Carboranes, Their Analogs and Derivatives 106
IV. Bridge end Endohydrogens and Relative Lowry-Brønsted Acidity 141
V. Conclusions 145
References 146
Chapter 3. Preparation and Reactions of Perfluorohalogenoorganosulfenyl Halides 152
I. Introduction 152
II. Perfluorohalogenoorganosulfenyl Fluorides 153
III. Perfluorohalogenoorganosulfenyl Chlorides 155
IV. Perfluorohalogenoorganosulfenyl Bromides 164
V. Reactions of Perfluorohalogenoorganosulfenyl Halides and Related Reactions 166
VI. Characteristics of Perfluorohalogenoorganomercapto Groups 198
References 199
Chapter 4. Correlations in Nuclear Magnetic Shielding. PART I 206
I. Introduction 206
II. NMR Measurements and the Periodic Table 207
III. Theory and Physical Models of Nuclear Magnetic Shielding 211
IV. Absolute Shielding 224
V. Periodicity in Nuclear Magnetic Shielding 227
References 234
Chapter 5. Some Applications of Mass Spectroscopy in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry 238
I. Introduction 238
II. Instrumentation and Sample Handling 240
III. Inorganic and Organometallic Mass Spectra: Practice and Pitfalls 248
IV. Low- and Medium-Resolution Studies 256
V. High-Resolution Studies 277
VI. Metastable-Ion Techniques 279
VII. Coupled Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Applied to Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds 282
VIII. Conclusion 285
References 285
Chapter 6. The Structures of Elemental Sulfur 296
I. Introduction 296
II. Well-Established Allotropes of Sulfur 300
III. Incompletely Characterized Allotropes and Mixtures 317
References 323
Chapter 7. Chlorine Oxyfluorides 328
I. Introduction 328
II. General Aspects 330
III. Specific Compounds 337
IV. Appendix: Tables of Thermodynamic Properties for Some Chlorine Oxyfluorides 395
References 399
Subject Index 408
Contents of Previous Volumes 415