A giant in the field and at times a polarizing figure, F. Albert Cotton’s contributions to inorganic chemistry and the area of transitions metals are substantial and undeniable. In his own words, My Life in the Golden Age of Chemistry: More Fun than Fun describes the late chemist’s early life and college years in Philadelphia, his graduate training and research contributions at Harvard with Geoffrey Wilkinson, and his academic career from becoming the youngest ever full professor at MIT (aged 31) to his extensive time at Texas A&amp;M. Professor Cotton’s autobiography offers his unique perspective on the advances he and his contemporaries achieved through one of the most prolific times in modern inorganic chemistry, in research on the then-emerging field of organometallic chemistry, metallocenes, multiple bonding between transition metal atoms, NMR and ESR spectroscopy, hapticity, and more. Working during a time of generous government funding of science and strong sponsorship for good research, Professor Cotton’s experience and observations provide insight into this prolific and exciting period of chemistry.

My Life in the Golden Age of Chemistry: More Fun Than Fun

Biographies & Memoirs

Cotton, F. Albert

Professionals & Academics

Elsevier

The existence of quadruple bonds between transition metal atoms was first recognized in 1964, and since then several thousand compounds containing these and related types of multiple bonds have been prepared and characterized. In this completely new and revised edition of the first monograph on the subject, the authors describe the full course of development of the chemistry of these compounds. A research literature of over 2,000 publications is surveyed completely to the end of 1990, and key developments in 1991 and early 1992 are also included. The work covers all relevant classes of compounds and also discusses the theoretical, spectroscopic, and thermodynamic aspects of these relatively new and distinctive types of bond. A historical introduction is followed by chapters devoted to each of the elements or homologous pairs of elements that play a major role, as well as overviews of other classes of compounds. A detailed account of the underlying bonding theory and the related spectroscopic observations concludes the book.

Multiple Bonds between Metal Atoms

History

Walton, Richard A.

Australia & Oceania

Oxford University Press

Chemistry;: An investigative approach (Houghton Mifflin science program)

Science & Math

Chemistry

Houghton/Mifflin

Book by Cotton, F. Albert, Walton, Richard A.

Multiple Bonds Between Metal Atoms

John Wiley&Sons

Explains the basics of inorganic chemistry with a primary emphasis on facts; then uses the student's growing factual knowledge as a foundation for discussing the important principles of periodicity in structure, bonding and reactivity. New to this updated edition: improved treatment of atomic orbitals and properties such as electronegativity, novel approaches to the depiction of ionic structures, nomenclature for transition metal compounds, quantitative approaches to acid-base chemistry, Wade's rules for boranes and carboranes, the chemistry of major new classes of substances including fullerenes and silenes plus a chapter on the inorganic solid state.

Basic Inorganic Chemistry

For more than a quarter century, Cotton and Wilkinson's Advanced Inorganic Chemistry has been the source that students and professional chemists have turned to for the background needed to understand current research literature in inorganic chemistry and aspects of organometallic chemistry. Like its predecessors, this updated Sixth Edition is organized around the periodic table of elements and provides a systematic treatment of the chemistry of all chemical elements and their compounds. It incorporates important recent developments with an emphasis on advances in the interpretation of structure, bonding, and reactivity. From the reviews of the Fifth Edition: * "The first place to go when seeking general information about the chemistry of a particular element, especially when up-to-date, authoritative information is desired." -Journal of the American Chemical Society. * "Every student with a serious interest in inorganic chemistry should have [this book]." -Journal of Chemical Education. * "A mine of information . . . an invaluable guide." -Nature. * "The standard by which all other inorganic chemistry books are judged."-Nouveau Journal de Chimie. * "A masterly overview of the chemistry of the elements."-The Times of London Higher Education Supplement. * "A bonanza of information on important results and developments which could otherwise easily be overlooked in the general deluge of publications." -Angewandte Chemie.

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry: A Comprehensive Text

Interscience Publishers

Retains the easy-to-read format and informal flavor of the previous editions, and includes new material on the symmetric properties of extended arrays (crystals), projection operators, LCAO molecular orbitals, and electron counting rules. Also contains many new exercises and illustrations.

Chemical Applications of Group Theory

For more than a quarter century, Cotton and Wilkinson's Advanced Inorganic Chemistry has been the source that students and professional chemists have turned to for the background needed to understand current research literature in inorganic chemistry and aspects of organometallic chemistry. Like its predecessors, this updated Sixth Edition is organized around the periodic table of elements and provides a systematic treatment of the chemistry of all chemical elements and their compounds. It incorporates important recent developments with an emphasis on advances in the interpretation of structure, bonding, and reactivity.

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Murillo, Carlos A.

Bochmann, Manfred

Wilkinson, Geoffrey

Wiley-Interscience

Basic Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd Edition

Gaus, Paul L.

wiley

A systematic and descriptive approach to the first facts of inorganic chemistry. A firm and traditional presentation with a unified approach to the correlations and connections among properties, structures, reactivities, periodicities, and behaviors of the elements and their compounds. Discusses bonding based on the overlap criterion of bond strength, the rigors of bonding being presented without developing the math. Gives expanded treatment of periodicity, reaction mechanisms, electronic spectroscopy, bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis, and organometallic chemistry. Includes three types of problems: review, additional challenging exercises, and questions from the literature on inorganic chemistry.

Basic Inorganic Chemistry, Solutions Manual

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