Inorganic Reaction Mechanism Basics I: Isomerization

In this video the basic inorganic reactions mechanisms are defined. Isomerization about a six-coordinate metal center, how Delta and Lambda isomers can interconvert, is described in detail. The mechanisms described are: dissociation of a ligand followed by a Berry Pseudorotation and ligand association, and the twisting about a face in an octahedron (the Bailar and Ray-Dutt Twists).