This book focuses on the electronic properties of transition metals in coordination environments. These properties are responsible for the unique and intricate activity of transition metal sites in bio- and inorganic catalysis, but also pose challenges for both theoretical and experimental studies. Written by an international group of recognized experts, the book reviews recent advances in computational modeling and discusses their interplay using experiments. It covers a broad range of topics, including advanced computational methods for transition metal systems; spectroscopic, electrochemical and catalytic properties of transition metals in coordination environments; metalloenzymes and biomimetic compounds; and spin-related phenomena. As such, the book offers an invaluable resource for all researchers and postgraduate students interested in both fundamental and application-oriented research in the field of transition metal systems. 

From the content: Review of the current status of knowledge in the field of recent achievements in computational modeling and their interplay with experiment

Density matrix renormalization group (DMRG): An emerging method in bioinorganic chemistry
Approaching magnetic interactions in oligonuclear transition metal clusters with density matrix renormalization group
New strategies in modelling electronic structures and properties in actinides
X-ray probes of electronic structure in transition metal complexes.- Electronic spectroscopy of cobalamins studied with density functional theory
Spin magnetic properties of transition metal complexes
Computational studies of transition-metal catalysis in biological and non-biological settings
The role of non-covalent interactions in metal complexes
Molecular electrochemistry of coordination compounds - a correlation between quantum-chemical calculations and experiment
Computational modelling of structure and catalytic properties of supported group VI transition metal oxide species
Catalytic properties of TM in inorganic coordination environments
Challenges in modeling metalloenzymes and their troubleshooting
The quest for accurate theoretical models of metalloenzymes: an aid to experiment
Metal coordination in the active sites of selected metalloenzymes: a theoretical point of view
Metal - redox-active ligand cooperation in biomimetic transition metal compounds to exhibit metal-centered multi-electron reactivity
Computational vs. experimental spectroscopy for transition-metals
The electronic determinants of spin crossover described by density functional theory
Photodeactivation channels of transition metal complexes: a computational chemistry perspective.