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PREFACE INORGANIC CHEMISTRY continues to provide the spawning ground for the evolution of vast areas of chemistry. It reaches into solid state chemistry, polymer chemistry, biochemistry, organic synthesis via organometallics, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, energy storage and energyrelated technology, analytical, physical and theoretical chemistry. By definition, inorganic chemistry is concerned with the chemistry of the elements and their compounds, other than those of carbon which fall into the field of organic chemistry. The 1950s were considered the renaissance of inorganic chemistry. Since then, the field has grown rapidly in many new directions. The challenges that the world presents to inorganic chemists have never been greater; nor have the contributions that inorganic chemists make been more than at this time. This symposium brings together a large number of leading chemists to discuss some of the rapidly developing areas. Emphasis was placed on looking toward the future, and some speculation from the speakers was encouraged as to what may arise in the future in their fields of research. I have also encouraged discussion of these ideas by allotting a greater amount of time for questions, answers, and debate after each lecture. This volume is the proceedings of this historic symposium, thefirstsymposium to be jointly sponsored by the inorganic divisions of the American Chemical Society and The Chemical Institute of Canada, and the Dalton Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry. I should like to thank the Office of Naval Research, the Petroleum Research Fund administered by the American Chemical Society, Ε. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Exxon Research & Engineering Company, The Chemical Institute of Canada, the ACS Division of Inorganic Chem istry, Monsanto Company, Imperial Chemical Industries (London), Union Carbide Corporation, Strem Chemicals, Indiana University's Friends of Chemistry, and the Office of the Vice President of Indiana University for financial support of this symposium. I should also like to thank my wife, the former Cynthia Truax and Symposium Secretary, for all her assistance. MALCOLM H. CHISHOLM
Indiana University October 1982 ix Chisholm; Inorganic Chemistry: Toward the 21st Century ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1983.
