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.

Note: Organometallic Chemistry -- Contents -- 1 Theoretical Organometallic Chemistry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 s-Block Metals -- 2.1 Structural and Spectroscopic Studies -- 2.2 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 -- 2 Group 1: 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 -- 3 Group 2 (Be-Ba) and Group 12 (Zn-Hg) -- 1 Scope and Organisation of the Review -- 2 Group 2 -- 3 Group 12 -- References -- 4 Scandium, Yttrium and the Lanthanides -- 1 Introduction -- 2 New Compounds - Structure and Reactivity -- 2.1 Cp Compounds -- 2.2 Substituted Cp Ancillaries -- 2.3 Cp* Chemistry -- 2.4 Donor Cp Chemistry -- 2.5 Indene Chemistry -- 2.6 Linked Cp Chemistry -- 2.7 Naphthalide Complexes -- 2.8 COT Chemistry -- 2.9 Miscellaneous Ancillary Ligands -- 3 Polymerization Catalysis -- 4 Applications to Organic Synthesis -- 5 Theoretical and Spectroscopic Studies -- 5.1 Computational Studies -- 5.2 Spectroscopic Studies -- 5.3 Gas Phase Chemistry -- References -- 5 Carboranes, Including Their Metal Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Chemistry -- 3 Carboranes -- 3.1 {CB9} and {CB11} -- 3.2 {C2B2} and {C2B6} and {C2B8} -- 3.3 {C3B8} and {C4B8} -- 3.4 {C6B6} and {C5B7} -- 3.5 {C2B9} -- 3.6 {C2B10} -- 4 Metallacarboranes -- 4.1 {MC2B4} -- 4.2 {MC3B8} -- 4.3 {MC2B9} -- 4.4 {exo-MC2B9} -- 4.5 {MCB10} -- 4.6 {MC2B10} -- 4.7 {exo-MC2B10} -- 5 Complexes with Sn and Si. , References -- 6 Group 13: Boron, Aluminium, Gallium, Indium and Thallium -- 1 Boron -- 1.1 General -- 1.2 Compounds Incorporating the B(C6F5)3 Moiety -- 1.3 Compounds Containing Nitrogen or Phosphorus Atoms -- 1.4 Compounds Containing Oxygen Atoms -- 1.5 Compounds Containing Metal Atoms -- 2 Aluminium -- 2.1 General -- 2.2 Compounds Containing Group 15 Atoms -- 2.3 Compounds Containing Group 16 Atoms -- 2.4 Compounds Containing Another Metal Atom -- 3 Gallium -- 3.1 General -- 3.2 Compounds Containing Group 15 or 16 Atoms -- 3.3 Compounds Containing Another Metal Atom -- 4 Indium -- References -- 7 Group 15: Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth -- 1 Phosphorus -- 2 Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth -- References -- 8 Organic Aspects of Organometallic Chemistry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Coupling Reactions -- 2.1 Cross-Coupling Reactions -- 2.2 Allylic Substitution -- 3 Carbonylation Reactions -- 3.1 Pauson-Khand and Related Reactions -- 4 Organometaliic Methods of C-C Bond Formation -- 4.1 Metathesis Reactions -- 4.2 Diazo-carbenoid Chemistry -- 4.3 1,2- and 1,4-Addition Reactions -- 4.4 C-H and C-C Bond Activation -- 4.5 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 High-throughput Catalyst Identification -- 7.2 Non-traditional Solvents in Organometallic Transformations -- References -- 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 -- References -- 10 Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Titanium to Manganese, including Carbenes nad Carbynes -- Part I: Group 4 -- References -- Part II: Group 5 -- 1 Reviews -- 2 Alkyl Complexes -- 3 Alkylidene Complexes -- 4 Alkyne Complexes -- 5 Butadiene and Similar Complexes -- 6 Imido Complexes -- 7 Other Complexes -- References -- Part III: Group 6 -- References -- Part IV: Group 7 -- References -- 11 Organo-Transition Metal Cluster Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Reviews -- 3 Spectroscopic Studies -- 3.1 IR -- 3.2 NMR -- 3.3 MS -- 3.4 Theory -- 4 Structural Studies -- 5 Large Clusters -- 6 Group 4 -- 7 Group 5 -- 8 Group 6 -- 8.1 Chromium -- 8.2 Molybdenum and Tungsten -- 9 Group 7 -- 9.1 Manganese -- 9.2 Rhenium -- 10 Group 8 -- 10.1 General -- 10.2 Iron -- 10.3 Ruthenium -- 10.4 Osmium -- 10.5 Mixed-metal Clusters Containing Only Group 8 Metals -- 11 Group 9 -- 11.1 Cobalt -- 11.2 Rhodium and Iridium -- 11.3 Mixed-metal Clusters Containing Only Group 9 Metals -- 12 Group 10 -- 12.1 Nickel -- 12.2 Palladium -- 12.3 Platinum -- 13 Group 11 -- 13.1 Copper -- 13.2 Silver -- 13.3 Gold -- 13.4 Mixed-metal Clusters Containing Only Group 11 Metals -- 14 Group 12 -- 15 Mixed-metal Clusters -- 15.1 Group 4 -- 15.2 Group 5 -- 15.3 Group 6 -- 15.4 Group 7 -- 15.5 Group 8 -- 15.6 Group 9 -- 15.7 Group 10 -- 15.8 Clusters Containing Three Different Metals -- References -- 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 Group 8, 9 and 10 -- References -- 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 -- 14 Transition Metal Complexes of Cyclopentadienyl Ligands -- 1 General Introduction -- 2 Main Group, Lanthanides and Actinides -- 3 Titanium, Zirconium and Hafnium -- 4 Vanadium, Niobium and Tantalum -- 5 Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten -- 6 Manganese and Rhenium -- 7 Iron, Ruthenium and Osmium -- 7.1 Ferrocenylphosphine Ligand Chemistry -- 7.2 Ferrocenophanes -- 7.3 Materials -- 8 Cobalt, Rhodium and Iridium -- 9 Nickel, Palladium and Platinum -- References -- Author Index.