Metal-Metal Bonded Carbonyl Dimers and Clusters

The potential commercial uses of some compounds as catalysts has generated much research interest. Metal-metal bonded dimers and clusters are an example of these. This concise basic approach to the subject covers among other topics: structure of metal-metal bonded dimers and clusters includingboth small and large clusters, synthesis of reprensentative dimers and clusters, and localized bonding schemes and their limitations. Highly illustrated, with a relatively basic text that includes problems, this addition to the Oxford Chemistry Primers series will be valuable to the advancedchemistry undergraduate.

Catherine E. Housecroft is University Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Basel, Switzerland.