Main group element chemistry at the millennium

Authors
Citation
Nn. Greenwood, Main group element chemistry at the millennium, J CHEM S DA, (14), 2001, pp. 2055-2066
Citations number
149
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS
ISSN journal
14727773 → ACNP
Issue
14
Year of publication
2001
Pages
2055 - 2066
Database
ISI
SICI code
1472-7773(2001):14<2055:MGECAT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Some of the highlights of main group element chemistry during the past deca de are reviewed. There are now 47 elements in the s- and p-blocks of the Pe riodic Table, ranging from the oldest (and lightest) element in the univers e, hydrogen, to the most recently synthesised (and heaviest) known element, (293)[118], which was first reported in 1999. On the basis of the astonish ing discoveries and developments that have been made in chemistry during th e first two millennia of the present era, the only safe prediction for the third millennium is that there will be even more spectacular, perplexing, e xhilarating, satisfying and potentially useful discoveries in main group el ement chemistry to be expected in the years that lie ahead.