
Computational Chemistry
Description
Key Features
- Features comprehensive reviews on the latest developments in computational studies in inorganic chemistry
- Includes contributions from leading experts in the field of inorganic reaction mechanisms
- Serves as an indispensable reference to advanced researchers in many related fields
Readership
Chemists interested in classical inorganic chemistry, computational chemists interested in the application of their methods to various kinds of applied inorganic chemistry
Table of Contents
1. Metal–metal interactions in binuclear cyclopentadienylmetal carbonyls: Extending insight from experimental work through computational studies
R. Bruce King
2. Novel aspects of element–element bonds in main group chemistry
Christina Poggel and Gernot Frenking
3. The beryllium bond
M. Merced Montero-Campillo, Otilia Mó, Manuel Yáñez, Ibon Alkorta and José Elguero
4. Cation affinities throughout the periodic table
Zakaria Boughlala, Célia Fonseca Guerra and F. Matthias Bickelhaupt
5. Stacking interaction potential energy surfaces of square–planar metal complexes containing chelate rings
Jelena P. Blagojević Filipović, Michael B. Hall and Snežana D. Zarić
6. Quantitative descriptors of electronic structure in the framework of molecular orbital theory
Serge I. Gorelsky
7. Toward accurate spin-state energetics of transition metal complexes
Mariusz Radon
8. Structure and bonding in endohedral transition metal clusters
Xiao Jin and John E. McGrady
9. Molecular modeling of transition metal and rare earth coordination compounds
Peter Comba and Bodo Martin
10. Bifunctional aliphatic PNP pincer catalysts for hydrogenation: Mechanisms and scope
Zhihong Wei and Haijun Jiao
11. Schrock vs. Fischer carbenes: A quantum chemical perspective
Joonghee Won, Hoimin Jung, Manoj V. Mane, Joon Heo, Seongyeon Kwon and Mu-Hyun Baik
12. Prediction of ion selectivity by quantum chemical calculations X: A recent (personal) review
Ralph Puchta, Svetlana Begel and Rudi van Eldik
13. Molecular simulations of crystal growth: From understanding to tailoring
Patrick Duchstein, Philipp Ectors and Dirk Zahn
Product details
- No. of pages: 558
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2019
- Published: February 19, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780128157282
- eBook ISBN: 9780128157299
About the Serial Volume Editors
Rudi van Eldik

Rudi van Eldik was born in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) in 1945 and grew up in Johannesburg (South Africa). He received his chemistry education and DSc degree at the former Potchefstroom University (SA), followed by post-doctoral work at the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA) and the University of Frankfurt (Germany). After completing his Habilitation in Physical Chemistry at the University of Frankfurt in 1982, he was appointed as Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Private University of Witten/Herdecke in 1987. In 1994 he became Professor of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, from where he retired in 2010. At present he is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, and Visiting Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the N. Copernicus University in Torun, Poland.
His research interests cover the elucidation of inorganic and bioinorganic reaction mechanisms, with special emphasis on the application of high pressure thermodynamic and kinetic techniques. In recent years his research team also focused on the application of low-temperature rapid-scan techniques to identify and study reactive intermediates in catalytic cycles, and on mechanistic studies in ionic liquids. He is Editor of the series Advances in Inorganic Chemistry since 2003. He serves on the Editorial Boards of several chemistry journals. He is the author of over 880 research papers and review articles in international journals and supervised 80 PhD students. He has received honorary doctoral degrees from the former Potchefstroom University, SA (1997), Kragujevac University, Serbia (2006), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland (2010), University of Pretoria, SA (2010), and Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Russia (2012). He has developed a promotion activity for chemistry and related experimental sciences in the form of chemistry edutainment presentations during the period 1995-2010. In 2009 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit (‘Bundesverdienstkreuz’) by the Federal President of Germany, and the Inorganic Mechanisms Award by the Royal Society of Chemistry (London).
His hobbies include music, hiking, jogging, cycling and motor-biking. He is the father of two and grandfather of four children.
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Ralph Puchta

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ZakariaBoughlala Fri Jun 21 2019
Great Volume
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