Advances in Metal Carbene Chemistry

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Early Days of Transition-Metal Carbene Complexes....Pages 1-9
Carbyne to Carbene Conversion Reactions at Heteronuclear Dimetal Centres....Pages 11-25
Stable, Terminal Methylene (=CH 2 ) Complexes of Ruthenium, Osmium and Iridium....Pages 27-41
Metal-Mediated Cyclization of Alkynes and Carbenes: A New Route Toward Highly Substituted Cyclopentanoids....Pages 43-46
 N, N′, N″, N″ ′ -Functionalised Electron-Rich Alkenes and Their Role in Transition-Metal Chemistry....Pages 47-58
Synthesis and Properties of Chlorotris (1,3-Dibenzylimidazolidin-2-ylidene) Rhodium (I) and of Some Related Compounds....Pages 59-66
Synthesis of Cyclic and Acyclic Carbene Complexes Derived from Isocyanide Ligands in Complexes of Palladium(II) and Platinum(II)....Pages 67-69
Hydridocarbene Complexes of Platinum(II) Derived from Electrophilic Cleavage of C-F Bonds in Hydridotrifluoromethyl Compounds by Proton Acids....Pages 71-73
Potential Role of Metal-Carbene Complexes in the Development of Polymer-Supported Coordination Chemistry....Pages 75-77
Carbene Complexes Derived from the Activation of Isocyanides and Alkynes by Electron-Rich Metal Centres....Pages 79-99
Synthesis of isonitrile substituted tungsten carbyne complexes and their reactions with electrophiles....Pages 101-106
Metal Carbene Complexes from Alkynes....Pages 107-121
Carbene Ligands and Metal-Carbon-Sulfur Ring Compounds of Tungsten and Iron....Pages 123-136
Synthesis and Reactions of η 2 -Carbene Complexes....Pages 137-140
Cyanocarbene Dinuclear Derivatives of Iron....Pages 141-143
Organometallic Synthons for Anionic Thiocarbene and α-Deprotonated Thione Complexes....Pages 145-147
Opening of Oxirane and Oxetane Rings by the Conjugate Base of the Pentacarbonyl (Methoxymethyl) Chromium Complex in the Presence of BF 3 .Et 2 O....Pages 149-151
Formation of Metal-Carbon Double Bonds by R 3 SiX Elimination....Pages 153-157
Ligand Migrations to Coordinated Carbene....Pages 159-161
New (Butadiene)Zirconocene Carbene Complex Chemistry....Pages 163-165
Structure and Reactivity of the Tungsten Vinylcarbene Complexes [W(=CPh-CH=CRMe)Br 2 (CO) 2 L] (R = H, Me; L = 4-Pico-Line). Is the Vinyl Group Acting as a Pure σ-Donor Ligand?....Pages 167-169
Dioxophosphinomethylidene Molybdenum (VI) Complexes....Pages 171-183
Reactions of Benzylidene(Pentacarbonyl) Complexes....Pages 185-188
In-Situ Generation of the Benzylidene Complex [Cp(CO) 2 W=CH(Tol)] + and its Reactions with Alkynes....Pages 189-198
Carbene Complexes in Selective Organic Synthesis: Novel Applications of Carbene Annulation Reactions....Pages 199-210
Formation of C=C Double Bonds by Novel Insertion Reactions of Allenes, Heterocumulenes and Acid Amides into M=C Bonds of Fischer Carbene Complexes....Pages 211-231
Photolytic Reactions of Chromium Carbene Complexes in the Synthesis of Optically Active, Biologically Active Compounds....Pages 233-246
 53 Cr Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Pentacarbonylchromium Carbene Complexes....Pages 247-249
Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Highly Electrophilic Carbene Complexes of the Type C 5 H 5 (CO)(L)Fe=CHR....Pages 251-270
The Carbene Complex Route to Donor-Acceptor-Substituted Cyclopropanes....Pages 271-273
Reaction between Pentacarbonylchromium or Tungsten Complexes of Carbenes and Terminal Phosphinidenes....Pages 275-277
Alkene-Carbene Complexes of Tungsten and Chromium: Their Reaction with Alkynes....Pages 279-292
Reactions of Acetylenes and Alkenes Induced by Catalysts of Olefin Metathesis....Pages 293-304
The Reactions of Mo(N t Bu)(=CH t Bu)(CH 2 Bu t ) 2 With Alcohols: Competition Between Molybdenum to Carbon Single and Double Bond Reactivities....Pages 305-311
The Metathesis Polymerization of Norbornene and Its Derivatives Initiated By Tungsten-Carbene Complexes: Relative Stability of the Intermediate Tungstenacyclo-Butane Complexes....Pages 313-322
The Preparation and Reactivity of Several Alkylidene Complexes of the Type W(CHR′)(N-2,6-C 6 H 3 - i Pr 2 )(OR) 2 and Related Tungstacyclobutane Complexes: How the Choice of OR Ligand Controls Structure and Metathesis Activity....Pages 323-346
On the Presence of Dichloro-W-Carbenes in Photocatalytic Olefin Metathesis Reactions....Pages 347-349
Studies on Stoichiometric and Catalytic Metathesis and Other Reactions of Imines With Fischer Type Carbene Tungsten Complexes. Part XVI (1)....Pages 351-354
Metathesis of Alkenes and Polymerisation of Alkynes with Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Schrock-Type Carbene Complexes. Part XVII (1)....Pages 355-358
Easily Accessible Methylene Complexes of Molybdenum and Tungsten: Structure and Application in Organic Synthesis [1]....Pages 359-378
Organometallic Reagents Prepared by the Reduction of Dihaloalkanes with Low Valent Titanium or Chromium....Pages 379-381
Carbene Synthons in Monothioacetal Reactions....Pages 383-384
The Determination of Electron Density Distributions in Organometallic Compounds — Recent Experimental Results....Pages 385-395
Back Matter....Pages 397-407