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Chirality in Transition Metal Chemistry: Molecules, Supramolecular Assemblies and Materials

Description

Chirality in Transition Metal Chemistry is an essential introduction to this increasingly important field for students and researchers in inorganic chemistry. Emphasising applications and real-world examples, the book begins with an overview of chirality, with a discussion of absolute configurations and system descriptors, physical properties of enantiomers, and principles of resolution and preparation of enantiomers. The subsequent chapters deal with the the specifics of chirality as it applies to transition metals.

Editorial Review

"Chirality in Transition Metal Chemistry" is a comprehensive inorganic textbook that explains the fundamentals of chirality and then approaches the specifics of the structure and properties of chiral transition metal compounds. Following a very good historical overview of the discovery of chirality and its exploration, such as one would sooner expect in an organic textbook, the authors move along relatively quickly to the specific realities of chiral transition metal compounds. A knowledge of the CIP rules and the configuration of tetrahedral carbon is rightly assumed. The assignment of priorities on an octahedral compound is explained briefly, but is well illustrated. Certainly much more fascinating are the options for preparing chiral transition metal compounds. The examples given are well selected, and highlight interesting possibilities that cover more than simply the use of chiral ligands. The good impression continues through the subsequent chapters, which address possible applications in an interdisciplinary manner; the reader thus gains a comprehensive overview of for example chiral catalysts in organic synthesis, chiral recognition and the construction of chiral materials.

The book is oriented toward advanced students who have an interest in chiral transition metal compounds. It provides a good, interdisciplinary overview, and facilitates entry into more advanced literature. The authors do not apply any specific focus; rather, they use good examples to open up a multitude of fascinating areas of application.

Contents

1.Introduction
2 Chirality and enantiomers
2.1 Chirality
2.2 Enantiomers and racemic compounds
2.3 Absolute configurations and system descriptors
2.4 Physical properties of enantiomers and racemics
2.5 Principles of resolution and preparation of enantiomers
2.6 Summary
3 Some examples of chiral organometallic complexes and asymmetric catalysis
3.1 Chirality at metal half-sandwich compounds
3.2 Chiral-at-metal complexes in organic synthesis
3.3 Asymmetric catalysis by chiral complexes
4 Chiral recognition in organometallic and coordination compounds
4.2 Chiral recognition using the chiral anion strategy:
4.3 Brief introduction to DNA discrimination by octahedral polypyridyl metal complexes:
5 Chirality in supramolecular coordination compounds
5.1 Self-assembly of chiral polynuclear complexes from achiral building units.
5.2 Chirality transfer in polynuclear complexes: Enantioselective Synthesis
6 Chiral enantiopure molecular materials
6.1 General considerations