Noble Gas Chemistry

Felice Grandinetti is professor at the Department for the Innovation in Biological Systems, Food and Forestry (DIBAF) of the University of Tuscia in Viterbo, Italy. Having obtained his academic degrees from the Sapienza University of Rome, he spent his academic and scientific career working for the Italian National Council of Research (CNR) before taking up his present appointment as Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Tuscia. His research activity (accounted in nearly 120 publications) is generally devoted to the experimental and theoretical study of the gas-phase chemistry of inorganic species, and is currently mainly focused on molecules and ions containing noble-gas atoms.

PREFACEPART A: AN OVERVIEW OF NOBLE GAS CHEMISTRYA HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONThe Nobel Prizes of 1904The Birth of a MythA Matter of EnvironmentChemistry Officially BeginMoving on Different RoadsTYPICAL COMPOUNDS AND BINDING MOTIFSComplexes with Neutral and Ionic LigandsAdsorption, Inclusion, and Cage ComplexesDicoordinated ("Inserted") CompoundsPolycoordinated CompoundsMiscellaneaCHEMISTRY IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTSChemistry in the Bulk PhaseChemistry under High PressuresChemistry in Cold MatricesChemistry in Supercritical FluidsCHEMISTRY IN SILICOThe Role of Calculations in Noble-Gas ChemistryStructure and StabilityBonding AnalysisReaction Paths, Kinetics, and DynamicsSolvation and Environment EffectsPART B: GAS-PHASE CHEMISTRY OF THE NOBLE GASESNEUTRAL SPECIESA Landscape ViewNoble Gas Diatomics and Larger ClustersComplexes with H2 and HX (X = F, Cl, Br)Complexes with HydrocarbonsComplexes with H2O and H2SComplexes with NH3Complexes with CO, CO2, and COSComplexes with N2, O2, and N2OComplexes with HalocompoundsComplexes with Metal CompoundsInserted CompoundsCage CompoundsIONIC SPECIESA Landscape ViewIonized Noble Gases Protonated Noble GasesComplexes with Metal CationsComplexes with Metal AnionsComplexes with non-Metal CationsComplexes with non-Metal AnionsCage CompoundsReactions of Singly-Charged CationsReactions of Singly-Charged AnionsReactions involving Doubly-Charged Cations