Principles of Organometallic Chemistry

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
General survey....Pages 1-14
Methods of formation of metal—carbon bonds of the main group elements....Pages 15-28
Organometallic compounds of elements of the first three periodic groups....Pages 29-97
Organometallic compounds of elements of main groups IV and V....Pages 98-147
Some transition metal chemistry relevant to organometallic chemistry....Pages 148-190
Organometallic compounds of the transition elements. Classification of ligands and theories of bonding....Pages 191-212
Organotransition metal chemistry. Alkyl and alkylidene derivatives. Complexes of alkenes and alkynes....Pages 213-252
Allyl and diene complexes of the transition elements....Pages 253-277
Five electron ligands....Pages 278-310
Complexes of arenes....Pages 311-334
Cluster compounds....Pages 335-356
Mechanisms of industrial processes clarified by studies of homogeneous catalysis by complexes of transition elements....Pages 357-398
Some complexes of the lanthanides and actinides....Pages 399-403
Back Matter....Pages 405-414