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Showing papers in "Coordination Chemistry Reviews in 2005"


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TL;DR: An overview of gold nanorod synthesis and properties can be found in this article, where the shape-dependent optical properties of rod-shaped nanoparticles are discussed and a theoretical analysis of the expected behavior is presented.

1,980 citations


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TL;DR: A review of metal carboxylate coordination compounds with 2,2′-bipyridyl-like ligands can be found in this paper, where the authors provide an overview on the crystal structures and properties of these compounds.

925 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the concept of the continuous shape measures is summarized and the derived tools, the shape maps and the path deviation functions are described, the main stereochemical trends that have been deduced from the application of such tools to more than 23,000 crystallographically independent fragments of coordination numbers between four and eight are also summarized.

827 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors review recent developments in Kα and Kβ spectroscopy and show how the chemical sensitivity of the fluorescence lines can be exploited for selective X-ray absorption studies.

775 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors give an overview of the presence of multiplet effects in X-ray spectroscopy, with an emphasis on 3D transition metal ions in inorganic oxides and coordination compounds.

649 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, a review of recent developments for the epoxidation of olefins with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by polyoxometalates is presented, which can be classified into two groups according to the structural and mechanistic aspects: (i) catalyst precursors of peroxotungstate or peroxomolybdate species and (ii) oxidatively and hydrolytically stable transition-metal-substituted polyoxmetalates.

608 citations


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TL;DR: In situ ligand synthesis has become a powerful approach in crystal engineering of coordination complexes and in organic synthesis, and is becoming an alternative approach in the isolation of organic isomers.

529 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a discussion of the complementary nature of MO theory and QTAIM is presented, together with the means of bridging the two approaches in a discussion about the bonding in the carbonyl complexes of Cr, Fe and Ni and the metallocene complexes of Fe, Al+ and Ge.

439 citations


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TL;DR: A review of the chemical and electrochemical depositions of platinum group metals (PGMs) from aqueous solutions is given in this article, which discusses the properties and applications of the deposits.

409 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the design and preparation of stable cyanide-bearing six-coordinate complexes of formula [MIII(L)(CN)x](x+l−−m)− (M = trivalent transition metal ion and L = polydentate blocking ligand) are summarized and the appropriate choice of the end-cap ligand L whose denticity determines the number of coordinated cyanide groups in the mononuclear precursors.

405 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a review describes light induced energy or electron transfer reactions in self-assembled supramolecular zinc porphyrin/zinc phthalocyanine and fullerene bearing donor-acceptor systems.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive surwey of the tris(pyrazolyl)alkanes coordination chemistry, based on the nature of the metal, is presented, together with the main synthetic methods and spectroscopic and structural features of this important class of ligands.

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TL;DR: In this article, the mechanism of homogeneous catalysis for silylation of alkenes and silylalkynes with late transition metal complexes is discussed. But the authors focus on the synthesis of substituted vinyl-silicon functionalities.

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TL;DR: The most important trends in the spin crossover (SCO) field are focused on the synthesis of new molecule-based functional materials in which the SCO properties may be combined with other physical or chemical properties in a synergic fashion.

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TL;DR: The ligand K-edge probes the ligand 1s → valence np transitions as discussed by the authors and quantifies the amount of ligand character in the metal d orbitals, hence the covalency of the ligands-metal bond.

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TL;DR: A review of pre-biomimetic functional systems with regard to their mechanism, activity, and performances can be found in this paper, where the design of new bio-inspired catalysts should integrate the structural characteristics found at the active sites, in particular those specifically relevant to the activity.

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TL;DR: X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has been used to investigate metal interactions within inorganic chemical systems as mentioned in this paper, which has provided important information on the coordination chemistry of metals and toxic element interactions with phytoremediation systems.

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TL;DR: This review provides a detailed discussion of the most common donors of HNO and of the current understanding of the aqueous chemistry ofHNO and the synthesis, consumption and reactivity of H NO in a cellular environment, as ascertained with these donors.

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TL;DR: A review of the synthesis of 2,6-di(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine and 3-yl pyridine can be found in this article.

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TL;DR: In this article, a review of the metal-salen ion catalysed oxygenation of heteroatom containing organic compounds, in particular, those incorporating sulfur and nitrogen, is presented.

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TL;DR: An overview of some of the different approaches that have recently been used in the development of targeted platinum anticancer drugs is given.

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TL;DR: In this article, a model of the iron hydrogenase active site was synthesized where the dithiolate co-factor bears a functional group to allow for their incorporation into supramolecular systems and the resulting ruthenium-diiron complexes represent the first members of a new class of dyads designed to promote the light-driven production of hydrogen.

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TL;DR: In this article, the performance of K8 and K9 complexes as charge transfer photosensitizers in nanocrystalline TiO2-based solar cells was investigated, and the results showed that the K9-sensitized solar cell gave a photocurrent density of 16.5 ± 0.5%.

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TL;DR: In this paper, structural features of copper(I) and copper(II) complexes with bidentate, tridentate and tetradentate nitrogen based ligands commonly used in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) were extensively reviewed and discussed based on several spectroscopic techniques.

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TL;DR: There has been substantial progress in recent years, both in the theory and in ab initio codes for calculations of X-ray absorption spectra (XAS), and in particular, the near edge structure (XANES) as discussed by the authors.

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TL;DR: The recent advances in crystalline conducting molecular materials based on polyoxometalates (POMs) and organic donors of the tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) family or perylene are discussed in this article.

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors report progress in the chemistry of synthetic systems related to the active site of iron-only hydrogenase and present a review of the literature related to these systems.

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TL;DR: In this article, a short overview of hexacarbonyl dithiolate di-iron species and their substituted derivatives relevant to the chemistry of the diiron sub-site of the hydrogenase enzymes is presented.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a review summarizes the literature on 4-acyl-5-pyrazolone ligands, their synthesis, characterization and coordination chemistry toward main group, transition, lanthanide and actinide metals and relevant applications of their metal complexes.

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TL;DR: The theoretical and rational modeling of self-assembly processes is far less developed than the flourishing structural characterization of the resulting sophisticated and aesthetically appealing polymetallic architectures as discussed by the authors, however, an eventual predictive design based on molecular programming requires a detailed understanding of the chemical and physical concepts controlling selfassembly.