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Renew your inorganic chemistry lab course. This completely revised and enlarged second edition of the classic now includes over 20 new experiments reflecting modern research, with many of the compounds only having very recently been described. The book offers detailed descriptions of more than 80 experiments, ranging from undergraduate to graduate level, covering organometallic, main group, solid state and coordination chemistry. Almost all reaction types, laboratory techniques and classes of compounds which constitute current curricula are exemplarily represented. University teachers from all over the world have contributed experiments, each of which has been thoroughly tested. Special safety instructions are provided in each case, with highly hazardous substances substituted by less harmful ones wherever possible. The products are characterized by modern spectroscopic techniques and the book also includes exercises, questions and hints for further reading. A whole new set of experiments considers new knowledge gained by science education research: Discovery-oriented open-end experiments that resemble real research, allowing both teachers and students a more fascinating and efficient approach to standard courses in inorganic chemistry, already training the group-oriented approach to research carried out in academic and industrial settings.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface
• 1 Introduction (p. 1)
• 1.1 Introduction (p. 3)
• 1.2 Introduction to Discovery Oriented/Group Learning Laboratory Experiences (p. 4)
• 2 Introductory Experiments (p. 7)
• 2.1 Preparation and Investigation of Some Coordination Compounds (p. 9)
• 2.2 Gravimetric Analysis of Hexaammine Nickel(II) Tetrafluoroborate, [Ni(NH subscript 3) subscript 6 (BF subscript 4) subscript 2] (p. 12)
• 2.3 Analysis of an Iron(III) Oxalate Complex (p. 17)
• 2.4 Characterisation of a Copper Oxalate Complex K[subscript a]Cu[subscript b](C[subscript 2]O[subscript 4])[subscript c]-dH[subscript 2]O (p. 22)
• 2.5 Vanadium Alum: An Experiment in Electrosynthesis (p. 24)
• 2.6 Ammonium Dichromate, Chromium(III) Oxide, Potassium Chromate and Potassium Tetraperoxochromate (V) (p. 27)
• 2.7 Linkage Isomerism: An Infra-Red Study (p. 31)
• 2.8 Preparation and Complexation of Tris(3,5-dimethylpyrazoyl)hydroborate (p. 33)
• 2.9 Tetraiodotin(IV) and its Triphenylphosphine Complex (p. 36)
• 2.10 Silicon Oxygen Compounds and Siloxane Polymers (p. 38)
• 2.11 Preparation and NMR Identification of Two Phosphorus Esters (p. 42)
• 2.12 The Preparation of Potassium Peroxodisulphate, K[subscript 2]S[subscript 2]O[subscript 8] (p. 44)
• 2.13 K[subscript 2]ON (SO[subscript 3])[subscript 2] (Fremy's Salt) and [Ph subscript 3 PCH subscript 2 C subscript 6 H subscript 4 CH subscript 2 PPh subscript 3 ON(SO subscript 3) subscript 2] (p. 47)
• 2.14 Polyiodides, Me[subscript 4]NI[subscript x] (p. 49)
• 2.15 Interhalogen Compounds (p. 51)
• 2.16 Synthesis and Infrared Spectroscopic Characterisation of Boranes and Germanes (p. 56)
• 2.17 Deduction of the Coordination Mode of BH[subscript 4] in Bis(triphenylphosphine) Copper(I) Borohydride (Ph[subscript 3]P)[subscript 2]CuBH[subscript 4] (p. 61)
• 2.18 Synthesis and Characterisation of a Metal Hydride Complex (p. 64)
• 2.19 Preparation and Identification of a Copper(I) Complex (p. 66)
• 2.20 Synthesis of [NH subscript 4] [BF subscript 4] and Synthesis and Titrimetric Analysis of [Zn(NH subscript 3) subscript 4] [BF subscript 4 subscript 2] (p. 68)
• 2.21 Iron(II) and Lead(II) Formates (p. 71)
• 2.22 Preparation of Copper(I) Iodide (p. 75)
• 2.23 Discovery Research with Siloxane Chemistry (p. 77)
• 3 Intermediate Experiments (p. 83)
• 3.1 Ferrocene, ([eta superscript 5]-C[subscript 5]H[subscript 5])[subscript 2]Fe, and Its Derivatives (p. 85)
• 3.2 The Use of Organolithium Reagents in the Preparation of Ferrocene Derivatives (p. 88)
• 3.3 Complexes of [Pi]-Bonding Arene Ligands (p. 95)
• 3.4 Organotin Chemistry (p. 98)
• 3.5 Nickel Catalysed Cross-Coupling of Alkylmagnesium with Haloarene (p. 105)
• 3.6 Transition Metal Catalysis (p. 109)
• 3.7 Transition Metal-Carbon Bonds in Chemistry and Biology (p. 113)
• 3.8 Cobalt Complexes of Dioxygen (p. 124)
• 3.9 Preparation of Nitrosyl Complexes of Iron and Nickel (p. 127)
• 3.10 Preparation of an Iron Dinitrogen Complex (p. 130)
• 3.11 Nickel Dihalide Phosphine Complexes (p. 132)
• 3.12 Influence of Ligand Field Tetragonality on the Ground-State Spin of Nickel(II) Complexes (p. 136)
• 3.13 Preparation of Trans-PtHCl(PPh[subscript 3])[subscript 2] and Measurement of its [superscript 1]H, [superscript 31]P and [superscript 195]Pt NMR Spectra (p. 139)
• 3.14 Identification of Stereochemical (Geometrical) Isomers of [Mo(CO) subscript 4 (L) subscript 2] by Infra-Red Spectroscopy (p. 143)
• 3.15 Five Coordinate Complexes: [VO(acac) subscript 2] and [Cr(NH subscript 3) subscript 6] [CuCl subscript 5] (p. 146)
• 3.16 Metal Acetylacetonate Complexes: Preparation and Characterisation (p. 149)
• 3.17 Nickel(II) Complexes of Some Schiff Base Ligands (p. 160)
• 3.18 The Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry of Macrocyclic Complexes (p. 167)
• 3.19 Synthesis and Reactivity of Tertiary Phosphines (p. 172)
• 3.20 Inorganic Heterocycles: Cyclophosphazenes (p. 176)
• 3.21 Inorganic (Carbon-Free) Chelate Rings: A Dithioimidodiphosphinato Ligand and Some of its Metal Complexes (p. 179)
• 3.22 Amidosulfuric Acid, Trisilveramidosulfate Monohydrate and SO[subscript 3] - N(CH[subscript 3])[subscript 3] Complexes (p. 184)
• 3.23 Four Methods for Analysing First Order Kinetics (p. 188)
• 3.24 Inorganic (Carbon-Free) Chelate Rings II: Asymmetrical Mixed-Donor P-N-P Ligand and its Palladium Complex (p. 194)
• 3.25 [MoO subscript 2 Br subscript 2 (H subscript 2 O) subscript 2] - (diglyme) and [MoO subscript 2 Br subscript 2 (DMF) subscript 2] (p. 199)
• 3.26 Nitration of Cobalt(III)acetylacetonate (p. 203)
• 3.27 [Co(dinosar)]Cl[subscript 3]: An Encapsulation Complex Prepared by a Template Reaction (p. 205)
• 3.28 Anomalous Paramagnetism in Some Iron(III) Chelates Studied by the Evans NMR Method (p. 208)
• 3.29 Solid Sodium Amalgam (p. 211)
• 3.30 Discovery Research with Cyclopentadienyl Iron Carbonyl Chemistry (p. 214)
• 3.31 Discovery Research with Model One-Dimensional Organometallic Materials of Ni, Pd, and Pt (p. 222)
• 4 Advanced Experiments (p. 227)
• 4.1 Chlorotris(tert-butylimido)manganese(VII) (p. 229)
• 4.2 2,2':6',2"-Terpyridine Complexes and Metal Directed Reactivity (p. 232)
• 4.3 Electronic Characterisation of a Transition-Metal Complex Using Electrochemical UV/Vis and EPR Techniques (p. 235)
• 4.4 The Synthesis of [eta superscript sigma]-Arenetricarbonyl Chromium(0) Complexes (p. 238)
• 4.5 Migratory Insertion Reactions in Organo Transition-Metal Chemistry (p. 241)
• 4.6 Organometallic Molybdenum Compounds (p. 246)
• 4.7 The Preparation of rac-Ethylene-1,2-bis(1-indenyl)zirconium Dichloride and Dibenzyl Complexes (p. 252)
• 4.8 Halfsandwich Carbonyl Vanadium Complexes (p. 257)
• 4.9 Covalent and Ionic Metallocene Hexafluoroarsenate Complexes (p. 263)
• 4.10 Preparation of the Iron Tricarbonyl Complex of Methyl-2-Acetamidoacrylate (p. 266)
• 4.11 A Transition-Metal Alkylidyne Complex (p. 268)
• 4.12 Preparation of [Bu subscript 4 N] [B subscript 3 H subscript 8] and the Formation of RuH[B subscript 3 H subscript 8](CO)(PPh subscript 3)[subscript 2] (p. 271)
• 4.13 Vacuum Line Techniques: Preparation of SiF[subscript 4] and SiF[subscript 4](C[subscript 5]H[subscript 5]N)[subscript 2] (p. 275)
• 4.14 Preparation and Structure of the Acetyl Chloride-Antimony Pentachloride Complex (p. 279)
• 4.15 Arsenium Cations: Carbene Analogues (p. 282)
• 4.16 Preparation and Some Reactions of the Folded P[subscript 2]N[subscript 4]S[subscript 2] Ring (p. 287)
• 4.17 Sulfur-Rich Homocycles and Heterocycles: Titanocene Pentasulfide Cyclo-Heptasulfur and 1,2,3,4,5,6,7-Heptathionane (p. 291)
• 4.18 Reaction of Alkali Metal Polyselenides and Polytellurides with Group 6 Metal Carbonyls (p. 295)
• 4.19 Sulphur-Nitrogen Heterocycles and [SNBr subscript 0.4 subscript x] Polymer (p. 300)
• 4.20 Chlorothionitrene and Cyclothiazeno Complexes of Tungsten (p. 304)
• 4.21 Selenium-Nitrogen and Tellurium-Nitrogen Compounds (p. 307)
• 4.22 Nitride Chlorides of Selenium(III) and Selenium(IV): Se[subscript 2]NCl[subscript 3] and Se[subscript 2]NCl[subscript 5] (p. 311)
• 4.23 Structural, Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Perovskite Ceramics (p. 315)
• 4.24 Metal-containing Liquid Crystals. The Synthesis of trans-bis(4-Alkyl-4'-cyano-1,1'-biphenyl)dichloroplatinum(II) and Related Species--The Use of Melt Syntheses (p. 321)
• 4.25 Magnetochemistry Experiments: Exchange Coupling in Copper(II)-Nickel(II) Bimetallic Complexes and Spin Transition in Iron Complexes (p. 329)
• 4.26 N-Ferrocenyl Amine and Some Reactive Derivatives (p. 333)
• 4.27 Polyoxomolybdate Clusters: Nanoscopic Wheels and Balls (p. 340)
• 4.28 One-Pot Preparation of Ru[subscript 3](CO)[subscript 12] from RuCl[subscript 3] - 3 H[subscript 2]O (p. 347)
• 4.29 Low Temperature Synthesis of Barium Amides and Phenoxides (p. 352)
• 4.30 Alumazene--Inorganic Benzene Analog (p. 357)
• 4.31 Coordination Chemistry of Organic Free Radicals: Synthesis and Magnetic Properties (p. 360)
• 4.32 Discovery Research with Arene Chromium Tricarbonyl Chemistry (p. 364)
• 4.33 Discovery Research with Cr, Mo, and W Nitrosyl Complexes: A Multi-Step Organometallic Synthesis (p. 368)
• Subject Index (p. 373)