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Note: Organometallic Chemistry -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Theoretical Organometallic Chemistry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 s-Block Metals -- 2.1 Structural, Spectroscopic and Mechanistic Studies -- 3 p-Block Metals -- 3.1 Structural and Spectroscopic Studies -- 3.2 Mechanistic Studies -- 4 d-and f-Block Metals -- 4.1 Structural and Spectroscopic Studies -- 4.2 Mechanistic Studies -- References -- Chapter 2 Groups 1 and 11: The Alkali and Coinage Metals -- 1 Alkali Metals -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Alkyl Derivatives -- 1.3 Alkenyl, Allyl, Vinyl, Alkynyl and Related Derivatives -- 1.4 Aryl Derivatives -- 1.5 Cyclopentadienyl and Related Derivatives -- 2 Copper, Silver and Gold -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Copper Compounds -- 2.3 Silver Compounds -- 2.4 Gold Compounds -- References -- Chapter 3 Group 2 (Be-Ba) and Group 12 (Zn-Hg) -- 1 Scope and Organisation of the Review -- 2 Group 2 -- 3 Group 12 -- References -- Chapter 4 Scandium, Yttrium and the Lanthanides -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Synthetic Studies -- 2.1 Cyclopentadienyl Ancillaries -- 2.2 Indenyl, Naphthalene and Other Aromatic π-Complexes -- 2.3 Cyclooctatetraenyl Chemistry -- 2.4 Miscellaneous Ancillaries and Hydrocarbyls -- 3 Organometallics in Materials Synthesis -- 4 Polymerization Chemistry -- 4.1 Non-Polar Mono-Olefin Polymerization -- 4.2 Diene Polymerization -- 4.3 Polymerization of Acrylate Monomers -- 4.4 Polymerization of Lactide -- 5 Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies -- 6 Lanthanides in Organic Synthesis -- References -- Chapter 5 Carboranes, Including Their Metal Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical and Computational Studies -- 3 Carboranes -- 3.1 {CB11} -- 3.2 {C2B8} -- 3.3 {C2B9} -- 3.4 {C2B10} -- 4 Metallacarbaboranes -- 4.1 {MCB10} -- 4.2 {exo-MCB11} -- 4.3 {MC2B8} -- 4.4 {MC2B3} -- 4.5 {MC2B4} and {MC2B8} -- 4.6 {MC2B9} -- 4.7 {exo-MC2B9} -- 4.8 {MC2B10} -- 4.9 {exo-MC2B10}. , 4.10 {MC3B7} -- 5 Biological Carborane Chemistry and BNCT -- 6 Crystal Engineered Supramolecular and Polymeric (Metalla)carborane Materials -- References -- Chapter 6 Group III: B, Al, Ga, In and Tl -- 1 General -- 2 Boron -- 2.1 B(C6F5)3 and Related Boranes -- 2.2 Borate Anions -- 2.3 Boron Hydrides -- 2.4 Boratabenzenes and Related Ligands -- 2.5 Boron-containing Materials -- 2.6 Boron-based Materials -- 2.7 Boron-based Ligand Systems -- 2.8 Boronic Acids -- 2.9 Suzuki and Other Coupling reactions -- 2.10 Diboron(4) Reagents -- 2.11 Borane Functionalized Cyclopentadienyl Ligands -- 2.12 Miscellaneous -- 3 Aluminium -- 3.1 Sub-valent Aluminium and Aluminium Clusters -- 3.2 Aluminoxanes, MAO Models and Aluminium in Olefin Polymerization -- 3.3 Aluminium Derivatives Containing Bonds to Group 15 Elements -- 3.4 Aluminium Derivatives Containing Bonds to Group 16 Elements -- 3.5 Aluminium Organometallics in Organic Synthesis -- 3.6 Miscellaneous Examples -- 4 Gallium -- 4.1 Sub-valent Gallium and Gallium Clusters -- 4.2 Gallium Derivatives Containing Bonds to Group 15 Elements -- 4.3 Gallium Derivatives Containing Bonds to Group 16 Elements -- 4.4 Gallium Organometallics in Organic Synthesis -- 4.5 Gallium Hydrides -- 4.6 Miscellaneous -- 5 Indium -- 5.1 Sub-valent Indium and Indium Clusters -- 5.2 Indium Derivatives Containing Bonds to Groups 15 or 16 -- 5.3 Indium Organometallics in Organic Synthesis -- 5.4 Miscellaneous Examples -- 6 Thallium -- References -- Chapter 7 Group 14: Silicon, Germanium, Tin and Lead -- 1 Overview -- 2 Silylenes and Silyl Anions -- 3 Germylenes, Stannylenes and Plumbylenes -- 4 Multiply Bonded Compounds -- 5 π-Bonded Compounds -- 6 Group 14 Organometallics as Ligands at Transition Metal Centres -- References -- Chapter 8 Group 15: Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth -- 1 Phosphorus -- 2 Arsenic -- 3 Antimony. , 4 Bismuth -- References -- Chapter 9 Organic Aspects of Organometallic Chemistry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Organomagnesium Reagents -- 3 Reactions Involving Organozirconium and Organotitanium Intermediates -- 3.1 Zirconium Species -- 3.2 Titanocene Species -- 3.3 Zirconium and Titanium Allyl Complexes -- 3.4 Alkoxy- and Aryloxy- Titanium and Zirconium Species -- 4 Oxidation and Reduction -- 4.1 Oxidation -- 4.2 Reduction -- 5 Isomerism, Cycloisomerisation, Cyclisation and Cycloaddition -- 5.1 Isomerisation -- 5.2 Cycloisomerisation -- 5.3 Cyclisation -- 5.4 Cycloaddition -- 6 Conjugate Addition and Allylic Substitution Reactions -- 7 Cross Coupling Reactions -- 8 Metathesis -- 8.1 Ring Opening and Ring Closing Metathesis of Alkenes -- 8.2 Cross-Metathesis and Isomerisation of Alkenes -- 8.3 Alkyne Metathesis -- 8.4 Miscellaneous -- 9 Transition Metal Catalysed Hydrodgenation and Hydrometallation -- 9.1 Use of Gaseous Hydrogen and Bidentate Phosphorus Based Ligands -- 9.2 Use of Monodentate Phosphorus Based Ligands -- 9.3 Transfer Hydrogenation -- 9.4 Transition Metal Catalysed Hydroboration, Hydrosilylation and Hydroarylation -- 10 Organozinc and Mai Group Reagents -- 10.1 Organozinc Species -- 10.2 Organoaluminium Reagents -- 10.3 Organotin Reagents -- 10.4 Organobismuth Reagents -- 10.5 Organoboron Reagents -- References -- Chapter 10 Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of Groups 4 and 5 (Including Multiple Bonded Species) -- References -- Chapter 11 Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Group 7 (Including Multiple Bonded Species) -- References -- Chapter 12 Organo-Transition Metal Cluster Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Reviews -- 3 Spectroscopic Studies -- 4 Theory -- 5 Structural Studies -- 6 Large Clusters -- 6.1 Homonuclear High-nuclearity Clusters -- 6.2 Heteronuclear High-nuclearity Clusters -- 7 Group 6 -- 8 Group 7. , 8.1 Homometallic Clusters -- 8.2 Mixed-metal Clusters Containing Only Group 7 Metals -- 9 Group 8 -- 9.1 Iron -- 9.2 Ruthenium -- 9.3 Osmium -- 9.4 Mixed-metal Clusters Containing Only Group 8 Metals -- 10 Group 9 -- 10.1 Cobalt -- 10.2 Rhodium -- 10.3 Iridium -- 10.4 Group 9 Clusters as Catalysts -- 11 Group 10 -- 11.1 Nickel -- 11.2 Palladium -- 11.3 Platinum -- 11.4 Mixed-metal Clusters Containing Only Group 10 Metals -- 12 Group 11 -- 12.1 Copper -- 12.2 Silver -- 12.3 Gold -- 13 Mixed-metal Clusters -- 13.1 Group 4 -- 13.2 Group 6 -- 13.3 Group 7 -- 13.4 Group 8 -- 13.5 Group 9 -- 13.6 Group 10 -- 13.7 Group 11 -- 13.8 Clusters Containing Three Different Metals -- References -- Chapter 13 Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Iron, Cobalt and Nickel, Including Carbenes and Carbynes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reviews and Articles of General Interest -- 3 Metal-Carbon s-Bonds Involving Group 8, 9 and 10 Metals -- 3.1 The Iron Triad -- 3.2 The Cobalt Triad -- 3.3 The Nickel Triad -- 4 Carbene and Carbyne Complexes of Groups 8, 9 and 10 -- References -- Chapter 14 Transition Metal Complexes of Cyclopentadienyl Ligands -- 1 General Introduction -- 2 General Chemistry, Main Group, Lanthanides and Actinides -- 3 Titanium, Zirconium and Hafnium -- 4 Vanadium, Niobium and Tantalum -- 5 Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten -- 6 Manganese, Rhenium and Technetium -- 7 Iron, Ruthenium and Osmium -- 7.1 Ferrocenes, Ruthenocenes and Osmocenes -- 8 Cobalt, Rhodium and Iridium -- 9 Nickel, Palladium and Platinum -- References.

Note: Organometallic Chemistry -- Contents -- Chapter 1 TheoreticaI Organametallic chemistry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 s-Block Metals -- 2.1 Structural and Spectroscopic Studies -- 2.2 Mechanistic Studies -- 3 p-BlockMetals -- 3.1 Structural and Spectroscopic Studies -- 3.2 Mechanistic Studies -- 4 d- and f-Block Metals -- 4.1 Structural and Spectroscopic Studies -- 4.2 Mechanistic Studies -- References -- Chapter 2 Group 1: The Alkali and Coinange Metals -- 1 Alkali Metals -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Alkyl Derivatives -- 1.3 Alkenyl, Allyl, Vinyl, Alkynyl and Related Derivatives -- 1.4 Aryl Derivatives -- 1.5 Cyclopentadienyl and Related Derivatives -- 2 Copper, Silver and Gold -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Copper Compounds -- 2.3 Silver Compounds -- 2.4 Gold Compounds -- References -- Chapter 3 Group 2 (Be-Ba) and Group 12 (Zn-Hg) -- 1 Scope of the Review -- 2 Group 2 -- 3 Group 12 -- References -- Chapter 4 Scandium, Yttrium and the Lanthanides -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical and Spectroscopic Studies -- 2.1 Gas Phase Experiments -- 2.2 Computational Chemistry -- 2.3 Spectroscopy of Molecular Complexes -- 3 New Compounds and Complexes -- 3.1 Simple Cyclopentadienyl Ancillaries -- 3.2 Pentasubstituted Cyclopentadienyls -- 3.3 Indenyls -- 3.4 Cyclooctatetraenyl Ligands -- 3.5 Arene and Related Ligands -- 3.6 Carbaborane Complexes -- 3.7 Miscellaneous Organometallics -- 4 Polymerization Catalysis -- 4.1 Olefin Polymerization -- 4.2 Lactone Polymerization -- 4.3 Miscellaneous Polymerizations -- 5 Lanthanides in Organic Synthesis -- 5.1 Hydroamination Reactions -- 5.2 Hydrosilylation Reactions -- 5.3 Other Applications -- References -- Chapter 5 Carboranes, Including Their Metal Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Studies -- 3 Composition Cx,By, and Their Metalloboranes -- 3.1 Composition C2B3 and C3B3 -- 3.2 Composition C2B4 -- 3.3 Composition C6B6. , 3.4 Composition C2B8 -- 3.5 Composition C4Bn, (n = 7, 8) -- 3.6 Composition C2B9 -- 3.7 Composition CB10 -- 3.8 Composition CB11 -- 3.9 Composition C2B10 -- 4 Materials -- 5 BNCT -- References -- Chapter 6 Group 13: Boron, Aluminium, Gallium, Indium and Thallium -- 1 Boron -- 1.1 General -- 1.2 Compounds Containing Nitrogen or Oxygen -- 1.3 Compounds Containing Metal Atoms -- 2 Aluminium -- 2.1 General and Compounds Containing a Group 15 Atom (N, P, As or Sb) -- 2.2 Compounds Containing Oxygen, Sulfur or Halogen Atoms -- 2.3 Compounds Containing Another Metal Atom -- 3 Gallium -- 4 Indium -- 5 Thallium -- References -- Chapter 7 Group 15: Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth -- 1 Phosphorus -- 2 Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth -- References -- Chapter 8 Organic Aspects of Organometallic Chemistry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Coupling Reactions -- 2.1 Cross-coupling Reactions -- 2.2 Allylic Substitution -- 2.3 Catalysed Carbon―Heteroatom Bond Formation -- 3 Carbonylation Reactions -- 3.1 Pauson-Khand and Related Reactions -- 4 Organometallic Methods of C―C Bond Formation -- 4.1 Metathesis Reactions -- 4.2 Diazo-carbenoid Chemistry -- 4.3 Multi-component Cyclisations -- 5 Oxidative and Reductive Processes -- 5.1 Oxidation Reactions -- 5.2 Reduction Reactions -- 6 Lewis Acid Mediated Processes -- 7 Emerging Areas -- 7.1 Rhodium Catalysed 1,2- and 1,4-Addition Reactions -- 7.2 Organometallic Nucleophilic Catalysts -- 7.3 Fluorous Phase Chemistry -- References -- Chapter 9 Metal Carbonyls -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reviews -- 3 Theoretical, Spectroscopic and General Studies -- 3.1 Theoretical Studies -- 3.2 Spectroscopic Studies -- 3.3 General Studies -- 4 Chemistry of the Metal Carbonyls -- 4.1 Titanium, Zirconium and Hafnium -- 4.2 Vanadium, Niobium and Tantalum -- 4.3 Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten -- 4.4 Manganese, Technetium and Rhenium. , 4.5 Iron, Ruthenium and Osmium -- 4.6 Cobalt, Rhodium and Iridium -- 4.7 Nickel, Palladium and Platinum -- 4.8 Copper, Silver and Gold -- 4.9 Carbonyl Complexes Containing Two or More Different Metal Atoms -- 5 Internet Sites for Carbonyl Chemists -- References -- Chapter 10 Complexes Containing Metal Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Titanium to Manganese, Including Carbenes and Carbynes -- Part I: Group 4 -- References -- Part II: Group 5 -- 1 Reviews -- 2 Alkyl Complexes -- 3 Allyl Complexes -- 4 Alkyne Complexes -- 5 Alkylidene Complexes -- 6 Imine Complexes -- References -- Part III: Group 6 -- References -- Part IV: Group 7 -- References -- Chapter 11 Organo-Transition Metal Cluster Compounds -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Reviews -- 3 Syntheses -- 4 Spectroscopic Studies -- 4.1 IR -- 4.2 Mass Spectrometry -- 5 Theory -- 6 Structural Studies -- 7 Large Clusters -- 8 Group 3 -- 9 Group 4 -- 10 Group 5 -- 11 Group 6 -- 12 Group 7 -- 12.1 Technetium -- 12.2 Rhenium -- 13 Group 8 -- 13.1 Iron -- 13.2 Ruthenium -- 13.3 Osmium -- 13.4 Mixed-metal Clusters Containing only Group 8 Metals -- 14 Group 9 -- 14.1 Cobalt -- 14.2 Rhodium -- 14.3 Iridium -- 14.4 Mixed-metal Clusters Containing only Group 9 Metals -- 15 Group 10 -- 15.1 Nickel -- 15.2 Palladium -- 15.3 Platinum -- 16 Group 11 -- 16.1 Copper -- 16.2 Silver -- 16.3 Gold -- 16.4 Mixed-metal Clusters Containing only Group 11 Metals -- 17 Group 12 -- 18 Heterometallic Clusters -- 18.1 Group 4 -- 18.2 Group 5 -- 18.3 Group 6 -- 18.4 Group 7 -- 18.5 Group 8 -- 18.6 Group 9 -- 18.7 Group 10 -- 18.8 Group 11 -- 18.9 Compounds Containing Three Different Metal Atoms -- References -- Chapter 12 Complexes Containing Metal―Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Iron, Cobalt and Nickel, Including Carbenes and Carbynes -- 1 Reviews and Articles of General Interest -- 2 Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds Involving Group 8, 9 and 10 Metals. , 2.1 The Iron Triad -- 2.2 The Cobalt Triad -- 2.3 The Nickel Triad -- 3 Carbene and Carbyne Complexes of Groups 8, 9 and 10 -- References -- Chapter 13 Hydrocarbon Transition Metal π-Complexes other than η-C5H5 and η-Arene Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reviews -- 3 Complexes Containing Allyls or Monoalkenes -- 3.1 Cr, Mo, W -- 3.2 Fe, Ru,Os -- 3.3 Co, Rh, Ir -- 3.4 Ni, Pd, Pt -- 3.5 Other Metals -- 4 Complexes Containing Unconjugated Alkenes -- 5 Complexes Containing Cyclic Conjugated Alkenes -- 5.1 Cr, Mo, W -- 5.2 Fe, Ru,Os -- 5.3 Other Metals -- 6 Complexes Containing Acyclic Alkenes -- 7 Complexes Containing Alkynes -- 8 Polymetallic Complexes -- 8.1 Bimetallic Complexes -- 8.2 Multimetallic Complexes -- 8.3 Ferrocenyl Containing Complexes -- References -- Chapter 14 η-C5H5 and η-Arene Substituted Transition Metal Complexes -- 1 Cyclopentadienyl Ligands -- 1.1 Main Group, Lanthanides and Actinides -- 1.2 Titanium, Zirconium and Hafnium -- 1.3 Vanadium, Niobium and Tantalum -- 1.4 Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten -- 1.5 Manganese, Rhenium and Technetium -- 1.6 Iron, Ruthenium and Osmium -- 1.7 Cobalt, Rhodium and Iridium -- 1.8 Nickel, Palladium and Platinum -- 2 η-Arenes -- 2.1 Iron and Ruthenium -- 2.2 Chromium -- 2.3 Other Arenes -- References -- Author Index.