Covers coordination numbers, common ligands, and preferred geometries in coordination chemistry, emphasizing the spatial distribution between ligands and the role of d⁸ electron configurations.
Explores recent developments in metallacycles, molecular squares, cages, and helicates via coordination, highlighting sequence-selective peptide recognition and self-recognition in helicates.
Explores metal speciation, complexation, kinetics of ligand exchange reactions, and the relationship between thermodynamics and kinetics for metal complexes.
