By
A.D. Garnovskii, Rostov State University, Russia
B.I. Kharissov, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico
Description
This book is devoted to the interaction between elemental metals and (in)organic ligands in different reaction conditions. Metals could
be activated for further reactions as cryosynthesis, electrosynthesis and tribosynthesis, some of them with or without ultrasonic and
microwave treatment. The kinetics of metal dissolution in various non-aqueous media is discussed in detail.
Many methods are used nowadays
to synthesize coordination compounds. Metal complexes are obtained mainly by the direct interaction of the components (the ligands and
a source of the complex-forming metal), as a result of ligand and metal exchange, and under the conditions of template synthesis, which
also include the method of nascent reagents. In these methods the source of the metal is either its salts or carbonyls. At the same time,
it has long been known that coordination compounds may be obtained as a result of direct synthesis from zero-valent metals. Methods for
the synthesis of complex compounds under the conditions of gas-phase reactions, oxidative dissolution of zero-valent metals in non-aqueous
media, and in the solid phase have been developed. These methods have become the basis of a new field in synthetic chemistry - the direct
synthesis of coordination and organometallic compounds from zero-valent metals.
Particular aspects of the above problem have been described
in a series of reviews and monographs. However, on the whole these main parts of the direct synthesis of metal complexes has not been
dealt with in the review and monograph publications on coordination chemistry. So, the main objective of this book is to analyze, discuss
and generalize the existing information in the area of direct reactions leading to the coordination and organometallic reactions.
Some
methods of direct synthesis have been developed in the former USSR (in particular, a lot of works on cryosynthesis, pioneered (1972-1973)
and recent works on electrosynthesis) but, in spite of their novelty and/or wide applicability, they are practically unknown elsewhere
due to the language barrier. Thus, another objective of this book is to acquaint the readers with the mentioned achievements.
Every
chapter contains the tables which describe all the reported data on direct reaction between metal atoms, metal particles or bulk metals
with (in)organic ligans. There are some illustrations also (for example, the scheme of the reactor for gas-phase reaction between metal
small particles and β-diketones).
