Tin Chemistry In compiling their book

摘要

Tin Chemistry: Fundamentals, Frontiers, and Applications, the four editors have based it on the recently published second edition of the monograph Organotin Chemistry, by Alwyn G. Davies, some citations from which are to be found in the new book. With the exception of a single 14-page report on inorganic zintl ions, the enlargement to form the larger work has not resulted from the inclusion of typical inorganic topics such as oxido- or chalcogenido- stannates in current molecular, nano- or mesostruc- tured variants, stannaborates and their derivatives, or subvalent tin clusters. Instead, the book contains additions and/or deeper insights on materials science issues, comments on the importance of tin (organic) compounds in medicine and biocides, as well as tin-specific environmental aspects. There are also chapters on the use of tin compounds in organic synthesis and catalysis, topics that were only briefly touched on in the previous book.