Principles and applications of organotransition metal chemistry

Abstract

A perspective Bonding Survey of organotransition metal complexes according to ligand Ligand substitution processes Oxidative-addition and reductive elimination Intramolecular insertion reactions Nucleophilic attack on ligands coordinated to transition metals Electrophilic attacks on coordinated ligands Metallacycles Homogeneous catalytic hydrogenation, hydrosilation, and hydrocyanation Catalytic polymerization of olefins and acetylenes Catalytic reactions involving carbon monoxide Synthetic applications of transition metal hydrides Synthetic applications of transition metal complexes containing metal carbon bonds Synthetic applications of transition metal carbonyl compounds Synthetic application of transition metal carbenes and metallacycles Synthetic applications of transition metal alkene, diene, and duenyl complexes Synthetic applications of transition metal alkyne complexes Synthetic applications of -allyl transition metal complexes Synthetic applications of transition metal arene complexes.