Advances in Inorganic Chemistry, Volume 52 (Advances in Inorganic Chemistry)

Advances in Inorganic Chemistry presents timely and informative summaries of the current progress in a variety of subject areas within inorganic chemistry, ranging from bioinorganic to solid state. This acclaimed serial features reviews written by experts in the area and is an indispensable reference to advanced researchers. Each volume of Advances in Inorganic Chemistry contains an index, and each chapter is fully referenced. Content: High-nuclearity paramagnetic 3 d -metal complexes with oxygen- and nitrogen-donor ligands Review Article Pages 1-11 Richard E.P. Winpenny Transition metal-noble gas complexes Review Article Pages 113-150 D.C. Grills, M.W. George The materials chemistry of alkoxystilbazoles and their metal complexes Review Article Pages 151-204 Duncan W. Bruce Tetra- and trinuclear platinum(II) cluster complexes Review Article Pages 205-248 Tadashi Yamaguchi, Tasuku Ito Complexes of squaric acid and its monosubstituted derivatives Review Article Pages 249-291 Lincoln A. Hall, David J. Williams Applications for polyaza macrocycles with nitrogen-attached pendant arms Review Article Pages 293-334 Kevin P. Wainwright Perfluorinated cyclic phosphazenes Review Article Pages 335-358 Anil J. Elias, Jean'ne M. Shreeve Subject index Pages 359-370 Contents of previous volumes Pages 371-375 The general understanding of ligand-substitution mechanisms of square planar and octahedral complexes since the earlier concepts were developed benefited greatly from the numerous high-pressure kinetic studies performed during the past 2 decades.