This book describes novel synthetic methodologies for two kinds of structurally elaborate metal
complexes: a heterometallic complex and a tetrahedral chiral-at-metal complex. The book
provides the tools and inspiration to chemists for development of metal complexes with wide
structural diversity than had previously been possible. For each of the two topics existing
synthetic methods for similar compounds are discussed first and then new strategies are
presented followed by the demonstration of the synthesis of novel compounds supported by
experimental results.Both of the final products in this research a Co-Ni heterometallic
complex covered in the first topic and a tetrahedral chiral-at-metal complex in the second one
are difficult to obtain by using common synthetic methods for thermodynamic reasons. This
research achieved highly selective syntheses of these compounds using newly designed strategies
that enable precise kinetic control. Such an approach will be useful forsynthesizing other new
metal complexes.Since the last century organic chemistry has flourished with the development
of a variety of synthetic techniques that make precise kinetic control possible. Coordination
chemistry of 3d or main-group transition metals has been mainly based on simple one-step
reactions that yield only thermodynamic products. The publication of this book helps pave the
way to kinetically controlled precise syntheses of various metal complexes.
