Front Cover; Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Volume 27; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metal Cryptates; I. Introduction; II. Topology and Nomenclature; III. Macrobicyclic Cryptates; IV. Macrotricyclic Cryptates; V. Applications; References; Chapter 2. Electron-Density Distributions in Inorganic Compounds; I. Introduction; II. Electron-Density Distributions Determined by X-Ray Diffraction Methods.; III. 3d Electron-Density Distributions; IV. Net Charges of Transition Metal Atoms
V. Chemical Bonds between Transition Metal Atoms and Ligating AtomsVI. Electron-Density Distributions in Some Inorganic Crystals; VII. Concluding Remarks.; References; Chapter 3. Solid State Structures of the Binary Fluorides of the Transition Metals; I. Introduction; II. Monofluorides; III. Difluorides; IV. Trifluorides.; V. Tetrafluorides; VI. Pentafluorides; VII. Hexafluorides; VIII. Heptafluorides; IX. Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. Structural Organogermanium Chemistry; I. Introduction; II. Organogermanium Hydrides; III. Group IVA Derivatives; IV. Group VA Derivatives
V. Group VIA DerivativesVI. Group VIIA Derivatives; VII. Transition Metal Derivatives; VIII. Divalent Germanium Compounds; IX. Addendum; X. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Preparations and Reactions of Inorganic Main-Group Oxide Fluorides; I. Introduction; II. The Oxide Fluorides of the Main-Group Elements; References; Chapter 6. The Chemistry of Nitrogen Fixation and Models for the Reactions of Nit rogenase; I. Introduction; II. The Binding of Dinitrogen and Dinitrogen Complexes; III. The Activation of Dinitrogen toward Ammonia Formation; IV. The Diazenido Ligand; V. The Diazene Ligand
VI. The Hydrozido(2 -- ) LigandVII. Reactions of Hydrozido(2-) Complexes; VIII. Reactions Involving Ligated Diazenes; IX. Nitrides, Imides, and Amides; X. Fixation in Aqueous Solution; XI. Other Nitrogen-Fixing Systems; XII. A Summary of the Characteristics of Biological Nitrogen Fixation; XIII. Biological Mechanisms; XIV. Conclusions; References; Chapter 7. Trifluoromethyl Derivatives of the Transition Metal Elements; I. Introduction; II. Early Synthetic Approaches; III. More Recent Developments; References; Index; Content of Previous Volumes