(Ebook) Electronic Structure and Properties of Transition Metal Compounds: Introduction to the Theory, Second Edition by Isaac B. Bersuker(auth.) ISBN 9780470180235, 9780470573051, 0470180234, 0470573058

(Ebook) Electronic Structure and Properties of Transition Metal Compounds: Introduction to the Theory, Second Edition by Isaac B. Bersuker(auth.) ISBN 9780470180235, 9780470573051, 0470180234, 0470573058

With more than 40% new and revised materials, this second edition offers researchers and students in the field a comprehensive understanding of fundamental molecular properties amidst cutting-edge applications. Including ~70 Example-Boxes and summary notes, questions, exercises, problem sets, and illustrations in each chapter, this publication is also suitable for use as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Novel material is introduced in description of multi-orbital chemical bonding, spectroscopic and magnetic properties, methods of electronic structure calculation, and quantum-classical modeling for organometallic and metallobiochemical systems. This is an excellent reference for chemists, researchers and teachers, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in inorganic, coordination, and organometallic chemistry.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction: Subject and Methods (pages 1–17): Chapter 2 Atomic States (pages 18–53): Chapter 3 Symmetry Ideas and Group?Theoretical Description (pages 54–83): Chapter 4 Crystal Field Theory (pages 84–131): Chapter 5 Method of Molecular Orbitals and Related Approaches (pages 132–237): Chapter 6 Electronic Structure and Chemical Bonding (pages 238–323): Chapter 7 Electronic Control of Molecular Shapes and Transformations via Vibronic Coupling (pages 324–391): Chapter 8 Electronic Structure Investigated by Physical Methods (pages 392–505): Chapter 9 Stereochemistry and Crystal Chemistry (pages 506–578): Chapter 10 Electron Transfer, Redox Properties, and Electron?Conformational Effects (pages 579–622): Chapter 11 Reactivity and Catalytic Action (pages 623–691):