Synopses & Reviews
Tin chemistry is an active area of industrial and academic research, with the element and its compounds having a wide range of applications. Responding to this interest, and building on the success of the first edition, this book brings together an international panel of authors, who have, for the most part, thoroughly overhauled, updated and expanded the coverage of the first edition, to provide a concise, authoritative and timely review of the many aspects of tin chemistry. Primarily written for the industrial or academic inorganic or organometallic chemist, the book will also be of interest to analytical and organic chemists, metallurgists and biochemists.
Review
about the first edition: `Chemistry of Tin is an excellent resource that should be on the shelves of all university and college libraries... Future editions are almost certain to be produced; I would urge that a good book be made even better by short chapters on these interdisciplinary areas.' New Scientist `This is a broad text bringing much of the chemistry of tin into one volume. It is a multiauthor book, densely packed with information on topics ranging from synthesis to industrial applications. Overall, this is a very well written and useful specialist volume which should find its way into all good libraries. It is an ideal reference book for the personal shelves of those working in the area.' Chemistry in Britain
Table of Contents
Tin - the element. Compounds of tin; General trends. The inorganic chemistry of tin. Formation and cleavage of the tin-carbon bond. Organometallic compounds of tetravalent tin. Organometallic compounds of bivalent tin. Tin-metal bonded compounds. Radical chemistry of tin. The uses of organotin compounds in organic synthesis. Recent studies on the mode of biological action of the di- and trialkyltin compounds. Health and safety aspects of tin chemicals. Industrial uses of tin chemicals. Solid state NMR spectroscopy of tin compounds. 119mMössbauer spectroscopy on tin compounds. The analysis of organotin compounds from the natural environment. Appendix. Index.