Organometallics in Organic Synthesis: Aspects of a Modern Interdisciplinary Field

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Organometallic Reactivity and Applied Quantum Chemistry — Some Aspects of CH-Activation....Pages 1-35
The Functionalization of Hydrocarbons by Transition Metal Phosphine Complexes: Aspects and Prospects....Pages 37-50
Novel Metalla-Heterocycles Formed By [3+2], [2+2], and [2+3] Cycloaddition Reactions of Cyclopentadienyl Cobalt and Rhodium Complexes....Pages 51-67
Ketenimine Complexes as Building Blocks for N-Heterocyclic and Carbocyclic Compounds....Pages 69-83
Metal Carbenes in Cycloaddition Reactions....Pages 85-104
Ketenyl Complexes in the Organic Synthesis....Pages 105-119
Organorhenium Oxides....Pages 121-142
Carbene Complex Syntheses with Group 4 Metallocene Reagents....Pages 143-167
The Behaviour of a Dialuminoxane and Distannoxanes towards Organic Molecules....Pages 169-184
Olefin Insertion into Organyl Metal Bonds....Pages 185-202
Oxidation Processes and Oxygen Activation Involving Palladium Complexes....Pages 203-231
Cyclopentenone Formation from Alkyne-Cobalt Complexes....Pages 233-246
Some Uses of Metal Carbonyl Complexes in Organic Synthesis....Pages 247-264
Selective Reactions on Arene Chromium Complexes....Pages 265-276
A Zinc Mediated Route from α-Imino Esters to β-Lactams....Pages 277-295
Use of Dinuclear Templates to Perform the Hydroformylation Reaction....Pages 297-320