This treatment covers the elements gold and silver, palladium, rhodium and iridium, and ruthenium and osmium. It provides information on the chemistry of these elements and the principles underlying their compounds, reactions, applications and use. In addition to providing coverage of the subject as a whole, there is also an emphasis on the key developments in recent years, providing the reader with a resource that greatly extends and amplifies the sketchy outlines of the chemistry of these elements in standard textbooks. Emphasis throughout is on contemporary descriptive chemistry - preparations, structures and properties. Trends and patterns are highlighted wherever possible, and summary reaction schemes are shown for syntheses from key starting materials. Special features include a large amount of structural data in tabular and diagram form, including thorough coverage of trans-influence.
1 Ruthenium and osmium.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 The elements and uses.- 1.3 Halides.- 1.4 Oxides and related anions.- 1.5 Other binary compounds.- 1.6 Aqua ions.- 1.7 Compounds of ruthenium(0).- 1.8 Compounds of ruthenium(II) and (III).- 1.9 Complexes of ruthenium(IV).- 1.10 Complexes of osmium(0).- 1.11 Osmium complexes in oxidation states (II–IV).- 1.12 Compounds in high oxidation states.- 1.13 Simple alkyls and aryls.- 2 Rhodium and iridium.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The elements and uses 78 2.2.1 Extraction.- 2.3 Halides and halide complexes.- 2.4 Oxides, hydrides and other binary compounds.- 2.5 Aqua ions and simple salts.- 2.6 Compounds of rhodium(0).- 2.7 Compounds of rhodium(I).- 2.8 Rhodium(II) complexes.- 2.9 Rhodium(III) complexes.- 2.10 Iridium (I) complexes.- 2.11 Dioxygen complexes.- 2.12 Iridium(II) complexes.- 2.13 Iridium(III) complexes.- 2.14 Iridium(IV) complexes.- 2.15 Iridium(V) complexes.- 2.16 Nitrosyls of iridium and rhodium.- 2.17 Simple alkyls and aryls of iridium and rhodium.- 3 Palladium and platinum.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 The elements and uses.- 3.3 Halides.- 3.4 Other binary complexes.- 3.5 Aqua ions.- 3.6 Palladium(O) and platinum(O) compounds.- 3.7 Palladium(I) and platinum(I) compounds.- 3.8 Complexes of palladium(II) and platinum(II).- 3.9 Palladium(III) and platinum(III).- 3.10 Complexes of platinum(IV).- 3.11 Complexes of palladium(IV).- 3.12 The ?-bonded organometallics of palladium(IV) and platinum(IV).- 3.13 Anti-tumour activity of platinum complexes.- 3.14 Bond lengths in palladium and platinum analogues.- 4 Silver and gold.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 The elements and uses.- 4.3 Halides.- 4.4 Oxides and other binary compounds.- 4.5 Aqua ions.- 4.6 Silver(I) complexes.- 4.7 Silver(II) complexes.- 4.8 Silver(III) complexes.- 4.9Gold(-I) complexes.- 4.10 GoId(I) complexes.- 4.11 Gold(II) complexes.- 4.12 Gold(III) complexes.- 4.13 Gold(IV) complexes.- 4.14 Gold(V) complexes.- 4.15 Organometallic compounds of silver.- 4.16 Organometallic compounds of gold.- 4.17 Gold cluster complexes.- 4.18 Relativistic effects in gold chemistry.- 4.19 Aurophilicity.- 4.20 Silver and gold compounds in medicine.- 4.21 Mössbauer spectroscopy of gold compounds.- References.