Paramagnetic Organometallic Species in Activation/Selectivity, Catalysis

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Selectivity and Stereospecificity in Synthetic Applications of Radical Reactions....Pages 1-12
Chain Reactions of Organomercury Halides Involving Electron Transfer....Pages 13-28
Redox Catalysis and Electron-Transfer Processes in Selective Organic Syntheses....Pages 29-60
Paramagnetic Iron Complexes: Their Role in the Transformation of Olefins....Pages 61-70
Activation of Co-Ordinated π–Hydrocarbons by One-Electron Transfer....Pages 71-83
Reactions of Photoexcited Carbonyl Compounds with Silanes: Mechanism and Regioselectivity....Pages 85-95
Alkane Functionalization by Mercury Photosensitization....Pages 97-107
Metal Vapor Reactivity of Copper Toward Substituted Bromobenzenes. Comparison with the Classical Ullmann Coupling Reaction....Pages 109-118
Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Silyl Radicals....Pages 119-129
Divalent Lanthanides: A Family of Reducing Agents in Organic Synthesis....Pages 131-147
Electron-Transfer Activation of Metal Carbonyls....Pages 149-169
Oxidatively Induced Substitution Reactions of Transition Metal Organometallic Compounds....Pages 171-185
Competitive Reactivities of Paramagnetic Organometallic Intermediates....Pages 187-200
Structure and Substitution Reactions of Nineteen-Electron Organometallic Complexes....Pages 201-209
Role of Termination Steps on the Efficiency of Electron Transfer Chain Catalysis....Pages 211-224
Molecular Orbital Treatment of Activation Induced by Electron Attachment. Application to Electron Transfer Catalysis....Pages 225-243
Structural Consequences of Electron-Transfer in Dinuclear Iron Polyaromatic Complexes....Pages 245-259
Activation of Thallium-Carbon and Mercury-Carbon Bonds with Electron Donors....Pages 261-274
Electrochemistry of New Molybdenocene Dihydrocarbyls....Pages 275-281
Electron Transfer Induced Metal Addition and Ligand Exchange in Organometallic Anion Radical Complexes....Pages 283-294
Paramagnetic Species in Photoinduced or Photocatalytic Processes Involving some Cobalt, Titanium and Iron Organometallic Complexes....Pages 295-309
Monoelectronic Processes in Iron Complexes and Controlled Reactions by Ancillary PR 3 Ligands....Pages 311-325
Photolytic Generation of Radicals from [η-C 5 R 5 Fe + Arene]* Complexes. Implications for Electron Transfer Catalysis and Radical Reactions....Pages 327-343
Photoinduced Radical Chain Bromination of Decarbonyldimanganese....Pages 345-356
Chemistry and Reactivity of Metal Cluster Carbonyl Radical Anions....Pages 357-374
Electron Spin resonance Studies of Organotransition Metal Reactive Intermediates....Pages 375-389
Importance of Paramagnetic Organometallic Species in Cluster Electrochemistry....Pages 391-405
Electron Transfer-Catalysed Substitution Reactions of Metal Cluster Carbonyls....Pages 407-422
The Role of Free Radicals in Organometallic Catalysis....Pages 423-433
Organometallic and Radical Chemistry of B 12 Coenzymes....Pages 435-446
Structure and Reactions of some Organometallic Radicals....Pages 447-461
Competition between ODD- and Even-Electron Processes....Pages 463-475
Trapping intermediates in electron transfer reactions of square planar organometallic d- 8 species....Pages 477-487
Polar Versus Electron Transfer Pathway in the Reaction of Alkyl Lithium and Alkyl Grignard Reagents with Mononttroarenes: Factors Affecting Product Distribution....Pages 489-502
Reaction of Alkyl Halides with Lithium and Magnesium Reagents. Nucleophilic Substitution vs. Single Electron Transfer....Pages 503-517
Back Matter....Pages 519-576