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

“This book on chirality in transition metal chemistry is the first to give specialized treatment on the subject since Alex von Zelewsky’s 1996 work, Stereochemistry of Coordination Compounds.” (Book News, September 2009)

“Overall this book will be useful to students taking an advanced undergraduate course and particularly to postgraduates and academics undertaking research in the areas of chiral inorganic supramolecular complexes and materials.” (Chemistry World, August 2009)

“The book offers an extremely exciting new addition to the study of inorganic chemistry, and should be compulsory reading for students entering their final year of undergraduate studies or starting a Ph.D. in structural inorganic chemistry.” (Applied Organometallic Chemistry, May 2009)

“This book can be considered as a textbook that is also of interest as a reference book for specific problems. The balancing act between basic knowledge and timely research is well performed by the authors…. I can recommend the book by Amouri and Gruselle to everybody who is interested in the chemistry of chiral coordination compounds.” (Angewandte Chemie International Edition, April 2009)

“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…. The authors do not apply any specific focus; rather, they use good examples to open up a multitude of fascinating areas of application.” (Organic Chemistry, February 2008)

Chirality in Transition Metal Chemistry shows how transition metal chirality has an important role in coordination, organometallic and supramolecular systems, and discusses applications in organic synthesis, materials science, and molecular recognition.

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, including examples of:

• chirality at metal half sandwich compounds including Brunner and Gladysz chiral compounds

• chiral-at-metal complexes in organic synthesis, including Davies and Liebeskind chiral complexes

• homogeneous catalysis by chiral complexes

• chiral ferrocene ligands in asymmetric catalysis

• chiral recognition in coordination compounds

• introduction to DNA discrimination by chiral octahedral metal complexes

• chirality in supramolecular coordination compounds

• the new field of chiral materials, including chiral metal conductors and chiral networks based on optically active bricks

Chirality in Transition Metal Chemistry is an essential introduction to this increasingly important field for students and researchers in inorganic chemistry.

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