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Chalcogen-nitrogen chemistry involves the study of compounds that
exhibit a linkage between nitrogen and sulfur, selenium or
tellurium atoms. Since the publication of A Guide to
Chalcogen-Nitrogen Chemistry in 2005, the emphasis of
investigations of chalcogen-nitrogen compounds has advanced from a
focus on fundamental studies to the development of practical
applications, as indicated by the title of this new edition.
Pharmaceutical applications of organic sulfur-nitrogen compounds
include drugs for the treatment of various diseases, as well as
probes for locating tumour cells. From a materials perspective,
carbon-containing chalcogen-nitrogen heterocycles have applications
in everyday devices such as LEDs and solar cells. A new technology
based on binary sulfur nitrides is being used for fingerprint
detection in forensic science. As a result, this book includes
seven new chapters and updates the others with extensive literature
coverage of developments since 2005 while retaining earlier seminal
results. This comprehensive text is essential for anyone working in
the field, and the four introductory chapters emphasise general
concepts that will be helpful to the non-specialist. The treatment
is unique in providing a comparison of sulfur, selenium and
tellurium compounds. Each chapter is designed to be self-contained,
and there are extensive cross-references between chapters.
Ring systems represent a very important branch of organic
chemistry. Benzene is perhaps the pre-eminent example and provides
the benchmark for the so-called aromatic character of cyclic
systems. Cycloalkanes are another prominent class of organic
compounds and these saturated ring systems form a homologous series
known as alicyclics. Materials that are constructed from organic
polymers such as polythene, polystyrene, polyisoprene (natural
rubber) and polyvinyl chloride are common features of our daily
lives. Most of these and related organic polymers are generated
from acyclic precursors by free radical, anionic, cationic or
organometallic polymerisation processes or by condensation
reactions. The focus of this book is monocyclic inorganic ring
systems of the p-block elements and the polymers that are, in many
cases derived from them. Bicyclic or polycyclic arrangements are
considered when they are closely related to those of monocyclic
systems. Inorganic heterocycles that are more accurately described
as coordination complexes of chelating inorganic ligands are
included only when they are directly related to an inorganic
homocycle or heterocycle by the replacement of one p-block element
by a more metallic p-block element. After a short introductory
chapter, the first half of the book is comprised of seven chapters
that deal with the fundamentals of the subject intended for
undergraduates or researchers who are unfamiliar with the topic,
covering the following areas: - synthetic methods -
characterisation techniques - delocalisation in inorganic rings -
paramagnetic inorganic rings - inorganic macrocycles - ligand
chemistry - inorganic polymers (general concepts including,
synthesis, structure and bonding, characterisation methods,
properties and applications) The final four chapters discuss in
detail the chemistry of inorganic homo- and hetero-cycles involving
the elements of groups 13-16 (the p-block elements). The focus is
on relating the early seminal contributions to the field with
exciting new developments. From the fundamental standpoint, novel
structures and new bonding concepts are highlighted, in addition to
synthetic approaches. This is the first book that addresses both
the fundamental and applied aspects of inorganic ring systems
through an emphasis of their use as precursors to inorganic
polymers and other useful materials (e.g. semiconductors and
ceramics). The book is intended primarily for senior undergraduates
and graduate students in inorganic chemistry, as well research
workers in the field of inorganic ring systems and polymers. At the
undergraduate level it serves as a supplementary text to the more
general inorganic chemistry text books and at the graduate level it
would be the text of choice for a course in the area of inorganic
rings and polymers.
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