The purpose of the March 1992 NATO Advanced Research Workshop was to assess, in an interdisciplinary way, the state-of-the-art in the application of electrochemistry to the investigation of the properties of inorganic, bioinorganic, and organometallic complexes. The contributions are ordered according to the main topics covered in the Workshop: overview, electrosynthesis, redox properties (and relationships with structure and reactivity), dynamics of electron transfer, polynuclear and supramolecular complexes, molecular electroactivation and electrocatalysis, mechanistic studies, spectroelectrochemistry, experimental aspects, electrochemistry in non-conventional conditions, and conclusions and prospects.
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Looks at the application of electrochemical methods to the study of properties of co-ordination compounds (including inorganic, bioinorganic and organometallic complexes). The book deals with the developments achieved in such areas as electrosyntheses and the dynamics of electron transfer.

This is the first book about the application of electrochemical methods to the study of properties of coordination compounds (including inorganic, bioinorganic and organometallic complexes), a matter of rapidly increasing interest over the past few years. It deals, in an interdisciplinary way, with the developments achieved in such areas as electrosyntheses, redox properties-structure-reactivity relationships, dynamics of electron transfer, electroinduced reactivity, electroactivation of metal centres and ligands (including small molecules of biological or industrial interest), electrocatalysis, reaction mechanisms, spectroelectrochemistry and electrochemistry in non-conventional conditions (e.g. application of ultrmicroelectrodes to the study of fast reactions). These themes, treated by authoritative scientists, are of particular significance to inorganic, bioinorganic, organometallic or organic chemists, who have considered the application of electrochemistry to the investigation of their compounds, as well as to electrochemists who have turned their attention to solving chemical problems in those fields. The book will be valuable to those already experienced in the field as well as to newcomers; although addressed to senior researchers, it can also be of interest to postgraduates and, in some aspects, to advanced undergreaduates.