Synopses & Reviews
Revised and updated this edition considers practical uses, processes of industrial significance and organic synthesis. Describes techniques of characterization and of bioorganometallic chemistry. Covers high-valent organometallic species. Includes numerous illustrations, problems and solutions.
Table of Contents
General Properties of Organometallic Complexes.
Metal Alkyls, Aryls, and Hydrides and Related σ-Bonded Ligands.
Carbonyls, Phosphine Complexes, and Ligand Substitution Reactions.
Complexes of π-Bound Ligands.
Oxidative Addition and Reductive Elimination.
Insertion and Elimination.
Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Addition and Abstraction.
Homogeneous Catalysis.
Characterization of Organometallic Compounds.
Carbenes, Metathesis, and Polymerization.
The Activation of Small Molecules.
Clusters and the Metal-Metal Bond.
Applications to Organic Synthesis.
Oxidation and High-Oxidation-State Complexes.
Bioorganometallic Chemistry.
Useful Texts on Allied Topics.
Major Reaction Types.
Solutions to Problems.
Index.