Bersuker I.B. Electronic Structure and Properties of Transition Metal Compounds: Introduction to the Theory

2nd edition. — Wiley, 2010. — 759 p. — ISBN 0470180234.With more than 40% new and revised materials, this second edition offers researchers and students in the field a comprehensive understanding of fundamental molecular properties amidst cutting-edge applications. Including ~70 Example-Boxes and summary notes, questions, exercises, problem sets, and illustrations in each chapter, this publication is also suitable for use as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Novel material is introduced in description of multi-orbital chemical bonding, spectroscopic and magnetic properties, methods of electronic structure calculation, and quantum-classical modeling for organometallic and metallobiochemical systems. This is an excellent reference for chemists, researchers and teachers, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in inorganic, coordination, and organometallic chemistry.Introduction: Subject and Methods
Atomic States
Symmetry Ideas and Group-Theoretical Description
Crystal Field Theory
Method of Molecular Orbitals and Related Approaches
Electronic Structure and Chemical Bonding
Electronic Control of Molecular Shapes and Transformations via Vibronic Coupling
Electronic Structure Investigated by Physical Methods
Stereochemistry and Crystal Chemistry
Electron Transfer, Redox Properties, and Electron-Conformational Effects
Reactivity and Catalytic Action