Coordination Chemistry : A Century of Progress Book

	Preface
	Introduction
1	Theories of Coordination Compounds: Alfred Werner's Triumph	3
2	While Waiting for Werner: Chemistry in Chains	35
3	Werner's Beitrag, 1893: A Linguistic and Epistemological Analysis	43
4	J. V. Dubsky and His Participation in Werner's Coordination Theory	59
5	Early Structural Coordination Chemistry	69
6	John C. Bailar, Jr. (1904-1991): Father of U.S. Coordination Chemistry	75
7	Kai Arne Jensen's Contribution to Coordination Chemistry	83
8	Jannik Bjerrum (1909-1992): His Early Years	97
9	Jannik Bjerrum's Later Life - Turning Toward Chemical Physics: Personal Recollections of a Grateful Student	117
10	The Contributions of David P. Mellor, Frank P. Dwyer, and Ronald S. Nyholm to Coordination Chemistry	127
11	History of Coordination Chemistry in Japan During the Period 1910 to the 1960s	137
12	The Compleat Coordination Chemistry: What a Difference a Century Makes!	148
13	Coordination Chemistry of Pigments and Dyes of Historical Interest	165
14	The Importance of Non-Bonds	177
15	Effective Atomic Number and Valence-Shell Electron-Pair Repulsion: 60 Years Later	193
16	Brief History of the Thermodynamics of Complex Equilibria in Solution	199
17	Stabilization of Unstable d-Metal Oxidation States by Complex Formation	207
18	Oxidation States and d[superscript q] Configurations in Inorganic Chemistry: A Historical and Up-to-Date Account	213
19	Coordination Based on Known Free Ligands, Moderate Dissociation Rate, Weaker Electron Affinity of Central Atom Than Ionization Energy of Ligand, and Quantum Paradoxes	226
20	The Chelate, Macrocyclic, and Cryptate Effects	240
21	Linkage Isomerism of Thiocyanate Bonded to Cobalt(III): From Alfred Werner to the Present Day	256
22	Optical Activity in Coordination Chemistry	275
23	Inorganic Optical Activity	286
24	Chirality in Coordination Compounds	293
25	Equilibrium Shift Mechanism for the Pfeiffer Effect	303
26	Mechanism of Optical Resolution of Octahedral Metal Complexes	308
27	Nontraditional Ligands and Their Impact on Coordination Chemistry	320
28	Electron-Deficient Boranes as Novel Electron-Donor Ligands	333
29	Lanthanide Aminopolycarboxylates	346
30	Hydrolysis Behavior of the Transuranium Elements	361
31	Solvent Extraction of Metals Is Coordination Chemistry	382
32	Coordination Chemistry in the Solvent Extraction of Metals: Developments from Russian Laboratories	395
33	Humic and Hydrous Oxide Ligands in Soil and Natural Water: Metal-Ion Complexation	404
34	Coordination Model of Metal-Ion Interactions with Water Hyacinth Plants	418
35	Design of New Chelating Agents for Removal of Intracellular Toxic Metals	427
36	Coordination Compounds of Metal Ions in Sol-Gel Glasses	439
37	Coordination Compounds in New Materials and in Materials Processing	444
	Author Index	448
	Affiliation Index	448
	Subject Index	449