Organotransition-Metal Chemistry

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Metallocarboranes: Past, Present, and Future....Pages 1-23
Novel Rhodium and Palladium Complexes with Benzoyl and Thiobenzoyl Isocyanates as Ligands....Pages 25-36
Polycyanovinyl Transition Metal Derivatives....Pages 37-47
A New Preparation of Organocopper(I)-Isonitrile Complexes and Their Reactions....Pages 49-55
An Unusual Behavior of π-Vinyl Alcohol Complexes of Transition Metals....Pages 57-64
The Mode of Metal to Carbon Bond Formation by Oxidative Addition....Pages 65-80
Organoactinides: Coordination Patterns and Chemical Reactivity....Pages 81-91
Recent Developments in Chemistry of Organolanthanides and Organoactinides....Pages 93-107
Mechanisms of Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation and Related Processes....Pages 109-117
Homogeneous Catalysis of Nickel Complexes. Oligomerization, Polymerization and Some Related Reactions of Diolefins....Pages 119-125
Homogeneous Catalytic Activation of Hydrocarbons....Pages 127-134
Metallocycles as Intermediates in Organotransition-Metal Reactions....Pages 135-142
Sequential Multistep Reactions Catalyzed by Polymer-Bound Homogeneous Ni, Rh, and Ru Catalysts....Pages 143-156
Concerted Reactions of Organic Ligands on Transition Metals....Pages 157-167
The Role of the Transition Metal in Catalyzing Pericyclic Reactions....Pages 169-180
Reactions of Transition Metal Dihydrides. Mechanism of Reactions of Dihydrido-Bis(π-Cyclopentadienyl)Molybdenum with Various Unsaturated Compounds....Pages 181-190
Kinetics of the Addition of Tetracyanoethylene to Bis(Tertiary Phosphine)Bis(Isocyanide)Rhodium(I) Perchlorates....Pages 191-197
Catalytic Applications of Oxidative Addition of Alkyl Halides to Transition Metal Complexes....Pages 199-210
Phosphine-Nickel Complexes as Catalysts for Cross-Coupling Reaction of Grignard Reagents with Vinylic, Aromatic and Heteroaromatic Halides....Pages 211-222
Mechanisms of Thermal Decomposition of Transition Metal Organometallic Compounds....Pages 223-229
Nickel(O) Catalyzed Reactions Involving Strained σ Bonds....Pages 231-241
Some Synthetic Reactions by Means of Nickel Carbonyl and Organic Halides....Pages 243-253
Selective and Asymmetric Reductions of Carbonyl Compounds Using Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Rhodium(I) Complexes....Pages 255-264
Carbonylation Reactions of Organic Halides by Tetrakis(Triphenylphosphine)Nickel (O) and Palladium (O) Carbonyl Complexes under Mild Conditions....Pages 265-271
The Palladium Catalyzed Reactions for Synthesis of Amines and Benzofurans....Pages 273-279
Chemistry of Alkylnickel Complexes. Preparation and Properties of Alkylnickels with Tertiary Phosphine Ligands....Pages 281-289
Studies of Hydrido Transition Metal Cluster Complexes....Pages 291-304
A Facile Formation of π-Allylplatinum Complexes by Decarboxylation of Allyloxycarbonylplatinum Complexes: Importance of π-Olefin Coordination in π-Allylplatinum Formation....Pages 305-310
Optical Inversion and Substitution of Coordinated Olefins in Optically Active Trans(N)-Chloro-L-Prolinatoolefinplatinum(II) Complexes in Organic Solvents....Pages 311-319
Conformational Equilibria and Stereospecific Synthesis....Pages 321-328
Synthetic Models for the Oxygen-Binding Hemoproteins....Pages 329-344
Organorhodium and Iridium Porphyrin Complexes a Model for Vitamin B 12 ....Pages 345-354
Unusual Metalloporphyrins....Pages 355-368
The Catalyzed Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Carbon Monoxide Using Soluble Rhodium Complexes....Pages 369-375
Mechanisms for the Biosynthesis and Neurotoxicity of Methylmercury....Pages 377-389
Back Matter....Pages 391-398