Fluxional Organometallic and Coordination Compounds -- Contents -- Contributors -- Series Preface -- Preface -- 1 Polyhedral Dynamics and the Jahn-Teller Effect -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Polyhedron Topology -- 3 Polyhedral Isomerizations: Microscopic Models -- 3.1 Diamond-Square-Diamond Processes -- 3.2 Gale Diagrams -- 3.3 Generation of Metallaborane Structures by Diamond-Square-Diamond Transformations in Deltahedra -- 4 Polyhedral Isomerizations: Macroscopic Models -- 4.1 Topological Representations of Polyhedral Isomerizations -- 4.2 Topological Representations of Jahn-Teller Distortions -- 5 Acknowledgement -- 6 References -- 2 NMR Studies of Intramolecular Dynamics in Allylic Type Triorganoboranes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Discovery Activation Parameters of [1,3]-B Shifts -- 3 Fluxional Linear Polyunsaturated Allylboranes -- 3.1 2,4-Pentadienyl(di-n-propyl)borane -- 3.2 2,4,6-Heptatrienyl(di-n-propyl)borane -- 4 Dynamic Behavior of Cyclic Allylboranes -- 4.1 Dynamic Equilibria Between 2-(Dialkylboryl)methylenecyclobutanes and 1-(Dialkylboryl)cyclobutenes -- 4.2 Dynamic Properties of Cyclopentadienyl and Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Derivatives of Boron -- 4.3 Synthesis and Dynamic Properties of 1-Indenyl(diethyl)borane -- 4.4 Dynamic Behavior of Cycloheptadienyl(di-n-propyl)borane -- 4.5 Synthesis and Dynamic Properties of Cycloheptatrienyl(di-n-propyl)borane. Equilibrium with 7-(Di-n-propylboryl)norcaradiene -- 4.6 Three Independent Dynamic Processes in the Irontricarbonyl Complex of Cycloheptatrienyl(di-n-propyl)borane -- 4.7 Cyclooctatetraenyl(di-n-propyl)borane -- 4.8 Sigmatropic Migrations and Thermal Rearrangements in Cyclononatetraenyl(di-n-propyl)borane. Comparison with the Dynamic Properties of Cyclononatetraenyl(trimethyl)tin -- 4.9 Borotropic Migrations in Phenalenyl(di-n-propyl)borane 24.

5 Diverse Chemoselectivity of Cyclic Polyunsaturated Organoboranes -- 5.1 Chemical Behavior of Borane 23 -- 5.2 Diverse Chemoselectivity of 9-Cyclopentyl-9-borabarbaralane 54e -- 6 Conclusion -- 7 References -- 3 Dynamic Behavior of Group 5 and 6 Transition Metal Complexes with NMR -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Rotational Isomerism in Amido and Ketimido Complexes -- 2.1 Rotational Isomerism in Oxofluoramido Complexes of Tungsten(VI) -- 2.2 Restricted M-NR(2) Rotation in the Dinuclear Complexes with M(2)(6+) Core (M = W, Mo) -- 2.3 Features of Dynamic Behavior of Amido Cyclopentadienyl Complexes of Group 5 Transition Metals -- 2.4 Internal Hindered Rotation of Ketimido Ligands -- 3 Dynamic Behavior of d(0) Transition Metal Complexes with n-Donor Two-Center Ligands -- 3.1 Isomerization of Fluorocomplexes of Group 5-6 with O, N-Two-Center Ligands -- 3.2 Isomerism of Transition Metal Complexes with N, N-Two-center Ligands -- 3.3 Nature of Bonding of n-Donor Two-center Ligands in d(0) Transition Metal Complexes -- 3.4 Mechanism of Internal Hindered Rotation of h(2)-Bound Ligands -- 4 Conclusion -- 5 References -- 4 Conformational Mobility in Chelated Square-planar Rh, Ir, Pd, and Pt Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conformational Changes in Five-member Metallacycles -- 3 Conformational Changes in Six-member Metallacycles -- 4 Conformational Changes in Five- or Six-member Metallacycles Involving Coordinated Olefins -- 5 Conformational Changes in Seven-member Metallacycles -- 6 Conformational Changes in Higher Metallacycles -- 7 Acknowledegment -- 8 References -- 5 Dynamic and Kinetic Aspects of Metallodrugs by NMR -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods of Study by NMR -- 3 Platinum Anticancer Drugs -- 3.1 (195)Pt, (15)N and Inverse [(1)H, (15)N] NMR Spectroscopy -- 3.2 Activation of Platinum Anticancer Drugs: Kinetics and Equilibria of Aquation.

3.3 Platination of Nucleotides and DNA -- 3.4 Interaction of Platinum Agents with Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins -- 4 Titanium and Ruthenium Anticancer Agents -- 5 Gold Antiarthritic Drugs -- 6 Antimony Antiparasitic and Bismuth Antiulcer Drugs -- 7 Vanadium Antidiabetic Mimetics -- 8 MRI Contrast Agents -- 9 Concluding Remarks -- 10 Abbreviations -- 11 Acknowledgements -- 12 References -- 6 Dynamics by EPR: Picosecond to Microsecond Time Scales -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Scope of EPR Spectroscopy -- 2.1 Native Paramagnetic Centers -- 2.2 Spin Labels and Spin Probes -- 3 A Brief Primer on EPR Spectroscopy -- 3.1 Interactions of Electron Spins with Their Environment -- 3.2 Relaxation -- 3.3 Measurement Techniques -- 4 Detection of Dynamic Processes by EPR -- 4.1 Slow Tumbling -- 4.2 Exchange Processes -- 4.3 Dynamic Jahn-Teller Effect -- 4.4 Chemically Induced Dynamic Electron Polarization (CIDEP) -- 5 Application Example: How to Combine Different EPR Techniques -- 6 Acknowledgements -- 7 References -- 7 mSR Studies of Molecular Dynamics in Organometallics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Muon -- 3 Muon in Matter -- 4 Experiment -- 5 Muon in a Longitudinal Magnetic Field -- 6 Muon-Electron (Muonium Like) System -- 7 Molecular Dynamics -- 8 Studies of Organometallics -- 8.1 Tetraphenyl Metals -- 8.2 Benzene Chromium Tricarbonyl -- 8.3 Cyclopentadienyl Manganese Tricarbonyl -- 8.4 Ruthenocene -- 8.5 Ferrocene -- 8.6 Ferrocene Encapsulated in Zeolite -- 9 Conclusion -- 9 Acknowledgements -- 10 References -- 8 Proton Dynamics in Solids: Vibrational Spectroscopy with Neutrons -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Vibrational Spectroscopy Techniques -- 2.1 Some Definitions -- 2.2 Optical Techniques -- 2.3 Neutron Scattering Techniques -- 2.4 Potassium Hydrogen Bistrifluoroacetate -- 3 Vibrational Dynamics of Protons in Solids.

3.1 Force-Field Calculations: Normal versus Localized Modes -- 3.2 The Proton Crystal Model -- 4 Tunnelling -- 4.1 Proton Transfer -- 4.2 Rotational Tunnelling -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 References -- Index.