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专业英语期中作业 10级化学三班 201001010333 李倩 1．From Elements to Clusters: The Periodic Table Revisited Virtuallyeveryonewhohasbeenexposedtoascienti?csubject has heard the name “Mendeleev”, the individual credited with devising the periodic law. Concepts leading to the periodic table1 canbetracedtoanumberofearlyobservations,amongthe ?rstbeingcuriousrelationshipsbetweenthemolecularweightsof various compounds determined by a German chemist, Johann Doebereiner (Goethe’s chemistry teacher). His ?ndings, which predatedMendeleev’sdiscoverybysome50years,wereaprelude to the periodicity noted. Prior to J. J. Thomson’s discovery of the electron, all of the observations were based on atomic weights and the occasional discovery of numerous elements whose weights or properties ?t the periodic relationships based on Mendeleev’s predictions. 2.Ag(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Application N-Heterocyclic carbenes have received a great deal of attention within the last 15 years. They have been investigated for several purposes but are most promi- nent in the field of catalysis. The development of N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of silver has mainly come about by the discovery of the transmetalation from silver NHCs to other metal NHC systems. Silver N-heterocyclic carbenes, unlike other metal NHC systems, can be synthesized without the need for anaerobic conditions. The ease with which silver NHCs can be synthesized and undergo transmeta- lation has made it and continues to make it the most attractive route in the development of many metal NHC systems. The structural study of silver NHCs has led to a diverse field of bonding motifs in the solid state. The silver-carbene interaction remains, in general, con- sistent from one bonding motif to another. The only exception to this is when the N-heterocyclic carbene bridges two silver cations. Argentophillic and silver- halide interactions play key roles in the formation of the structurally diverse silver NHC chemistr