Organometalli cIon Chemistry

Edited by

BEN S. FREISER

Preface

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1. Gas-Phase Thermochemistry of Transition Metal Ligan dSystems : Reassessment of Values and Periodic Trend sP.B . Armentrout and Bernice L . Kickel

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2. Ab Initio Calculations Applied to Problems in Metal Io nChemistryCharles W. Bauschlicher, Jr ., Stephen R . Langhoff andHarry Partridge

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3. The Electronic Structure of the Neutral, Mono and D iPositive Transition Metal Nitrides, ScN, TiN, VN and CrNJames F . Harrison and Kathryn L . Kunze

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4. Fundamental Studies of Functionalized Hydrocarbons wit hTransition-Metal Ion sKarsten Eller

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5. Electronic State Effects in Sigma Bond Activation by Firs tRow Transition Metal Ions : The Ion ChromatographyTechniquePetra A . M. van Koppen, Paul R. Kemper andMichael T. Bowers

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6. Development of a Fourier-Transform Ion CyclotronResonance (FTICR) Mass Spectrometry Method for Studie sof Metal Ion Excited State sDavid H. Russell, J .V.B . Oriedo and Touradj Solouki

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7. Gas-Phase Organometallic Ion Photochemistr yY.A . Ranasinghe, I .B. Surjasasmita and Ben S . Freiser

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8. Applications of Gas-Phase Electron-Transfer Equilibria in

Organometallic Redox Thermochemistr yDavid E . Richardson

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Table of Bond Energies

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Index

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