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In the majority of chapters of this book the concern has been with an understanding of the properties of individual molecules, properties which are regarded as essentially time-independent. However, no less important are the chemical reactions of these molecules and, here, changes as a function of time are of the essence. This chapter is devoted to a review of our present understanding of some of the reaction types which are characteristic of coordination compounds. It is as well to recognize the complexity of the problem. Suppose we are interested in a reaction such as the aquation of an ion such as [Co(NH3)5Cl]2+, a much studied system:
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Further reading
An older book which is both so easy to read and so forward-looking that it deserves mention is Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms by M. L. Tobe, Nelson, London, 1972. A good contemporary text is Kinetics and Mechanisms of Reactions of Transition Metal Complexes by R. G. Wilkins, VCH, New York, 1991.
Up-to-date accounts will be found in Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry G. Wilkinson, R. D. Gillard and J. A. McCleverty (eds.), Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1987, Vol. 1: Chapter 7.1 by M. L. Tobe `Substitution Reactions’; Chapter 7.2 by T. J. Meyer and H. Taube `Electron Transfer Reactions’; Chapter 7.3 by C. Kutal and A. W. Adamson `Photochemical Processes’.
Other references worth mentioning are `An appraisal of square-planar substitution reactions’ R. J. Cross, Adv. Inorg. Chem. (1989) 34,219; Electron Transfer Reactions by R. D. Cannon, Butterworth, London, 1980.
A Nobel Lecture gives both a fascinating and enlightening account: `Electron Transfer Reactions in Chemistry: Theory and Experiment’ R. A. Marcus, Angew. Chem. Int. (1993) 32, 1111.
For a touch of the unexpected: `Dissociation Pathways in Platinum(II) Chemistry’ R. Romeo, Comments Inorg. Chem. (1990) 11, 21.
An up-to-date and easy-to-read overview is provided by Reaction Mechanisms of Inorganic and Organometallic Systems R. B. Jordan, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991.
A wide-ranging review is `Ru(II) Polypyridine Complexes: Photophysics, Photochemistry, Electrochemistry and Chemiluminescence’ A. Juris, V. Balzani, F. Barigelletti, S. Campagna P. Belser and A. von Zelewsky, Coord. Chem. Rev. (1988) Complexes’, L.S. Forster, Chem. Rev. (1990) 90,331. 84,85. `Fluxionality of Polyene and Polyenyl Metal Complexes’
Dovetailing well with the general level of presentation in B.E. Mann, Chem. Soc. Rev. (1986) 15,167. the present book is `The Photophysics of Chromium(III) Complexes, L.S. Forster, Chem. Rev. (1990) 90, 331.
Fluxionality of Polyene and Polyenyl Metal Complexes B.E. Mann. Chem. Soc. Rev. (1986) 15, 167.
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Kettle, S.F.A. (1996). Reaction kinetics of coordination compounds. In: Physical Inorganic Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-25191-1_14
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