The Mechanisms of Reactions at Transition Metal Sites by Richard A. Henderson (Principal Scientific Officer, AFRC Institute of Plant Science Research, Nitrogen Fixation Laboratory, Principal Scientific Officer, AFRC Institute of Plant Science Research, Nitrogen Fixation Laboratory, University of Sussex)
Understanding the mechanisms of the reactions at transition metal sites is a key component in designing synthetic methods, developing industrial homogeneous catalysts, and investigating metalloenzymes. These mechanisms are therefore an essential component of undergraduate courses. The author here provides a broad-based and systematic guide through the fundamentals of transition-metal mechanistic chemistry, including substitution, electron transfer, and reaction of ligands.