Introduction by Joseph Chatt; Theories of Coordination Compounds: Alfred Werner's Triumph; While Waiting for Werner: Chemistry in Chains; Werner's Beitrag, 1893: A Linguistic and Epistemological Analysis; J.V. Dubsky and His Participation in Werner's Coordination Theory; Early Structural Coordination Chemistry; John C. Bailar, Jr. (1904-1991): Father of U.S. Coordination Chemistry; Kai Arne Jensen's Contribution to Coordination Chemistry; Jannik Bjerrum (1909-1992): His Early Years; Jannik Bjerrum's Later Life-Turning Toward Chemical Physics: Personal Recollections of a Grateful Student; The Contributions of David P. Mellor, Frank P. Dwyer, and Ronald S. Nyholm to Coordination Chemistry; History of Coordination Chemistry in Japan During the Period 1910 to the 1960s; The Compleat Coordination Chemistry: What a Difference A Century Makes; Coordination Chemistry of Pigments and Dyes of Historical Interest; The Importance of Non-Bonds; Effective Atomic Number and Valence-Shell Electron-Pair Repulsion: 60 Years Later; Brief History of the Thermodynamics of Complex Equilibria in Solution; Stabilization of Unstable d-Metal Oxidation States by Complex Formation; Oxidation States and d]q Configurations in Inorganic Chemistry: A Historical and Up-to-Date Account; Coordination Based on Known Free Ligands, Moderate Dissociation Rate, Weaker Electron Affinity of Central Atom Than Ionization Energy of Ligand, and Quantum Paradoxes; The Chelate, Macrocyclic, and Cryptate Effects; Linkage Isomerism of Thiocyanate Bonded to Cobalt(III): From Alfred Werner to the Present Day; Optical Activity in Coordination Chemistry; Inorganic Optical Activity; Chirality in Coordination Compounds; Equilibrium Shift Mechanism for the Pfeiffer Effect; Mechanism of Optical Resolution of Octahedral Metal Complexes; Nontraditional Ligands and Their Impact on Coordination Chemistry; Electron-Deficient Boranes as Novel Electron-Donor Ligands; Lanthanide Aminopolycarboxylates; Hydrolysis Behavior of the Transuranium Elements; Solvent Extraction of Metals Is Coordination Chemistry; Coordination Chemistry in the Solvent Extraction of Metals: Developments from Russian Laboratories; Humic and Hydrous Oxide Ligands in Soil and Natural Water Metal-Ion Complexation; Coordination Model of Metal-Ion Interaction with Water Hyacinth Plants; Design of New Chelating Agents For Removal of Intracellular Toxic Metals; Coordination Compounds of Metal Ions in Sol-Gel Glasses; Coordination Compounds in New Materials and in Materials Processing
