Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Contents VII
4. Part I: General
5. 1 The scope of organometallic chemistry 1
6. 2 Organometallic molecules: the nature of metal–carbon bonds 5
7. 3 Supramolecular organometallic association 19
8. 4 Inverse organometallic compounds 23
9. Part II: Organometallic compounds of main group metals
10. 5 Organometallic compounds of group 1 (alkali metals) 29
11. 6 Organometallic compounds of group 2 metals (rare earths) 33
12. 7 Organometallic compounds of group 13 metals 47
13. 8 Organometallic compounds of group 14 metals 69
14. 9 Organometallic compounds of group 15 metals 109
15. 10 Organometallic compounds of group 12 metals 137
16. Part III: Organometallic compounds of transition metals
17. General 159
18. 11 Organometallic compounds with two electron ligands 163
19. 12 Compounds with three-electron ligands 195
20. 13 Compounds with four-electron ligands 211
21. 14 Compounds with five-electron ligands 225
22. 15 Six-electron ligands 237
23. 16 Complexes with seven-electron ligands 243
24. 17 Complexes with eight-electron ligands 245
25. 18 Inverse sandwich complexes 247
26. 19 Organometallic compounds with σ-transition metal–carbon bonds 255
27. Part IV: Application of organometallics in organic synthesis
28. 20 Polar organometallics in organic syntheses 279
29. 21 Transition metal organometallics in organic syntheses 323
30. Index 423