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INORGANIC REACTION MECHANISMS
Dr. L-L. Wong
Michaelmas Term – Third Year (3 lectures)
Ligand substitution reactions in square planar metal complexes
(including the trans effect) and in octahedral metal complexes:
D, A, Ia, Id mechanisms, anation and
solvolysis reactions.
Electron transfer reactions: inner sphere and outer sphere
electron transfer. Introduction to Marcus theory: interplay
between donor-acceptor overlap, thermodynamic driving force
and reorganisation energy. Two-electron transfer and non-complementary
reactions.
Bibliography
"The Mechanisms of Reactions at Transition Metal Sites"
R.A. Henderson, Oxford Chemistry Primer series, OUP.
"Inorganic Chemistry" D.F. Shriver and P.W. Atkins,
OUP.
"Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms" M.L. Tobe and J.
Burgess, Longman.
"Inorganic Chemistry: Principles of Structure and Reactivity"
Huheey, Keiter and Keiter, Longman.
"Inorganic Chemistry" Purcell and Kotz.
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