Note: Front Cover -- Organometallic Chemistry - 8 -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- CHAPTER 1. THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE COORDINATION OF MOLECULES TO TRANSITION METAL CENTERS -- Abstract -- THE FRAGMENT AND SUBSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES. A CASE STUDY OF Fe(CO)4 (ETHYLENE). -- ROTATIONAL BARRIERS IN POLYENE AND CYCLOPOLYENE-ML3 COMPLEXES -- Acknowledgment -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. PHOTOLYSIS OF ORGANOPOLYSILANES. GENERATION AND REACTIONS OF SILICON CARBON DOUBLE-BONDED INTERMEDIATES -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- PHOTOLYSIS OF BENZENOID AROMATIC DERIVATIVES OF DISILANE -- PHOTOLYSIS OF NAPHTHYLDISILANES -- PHOTOLYSIS OF ALKENYLDISILANES -- PHOTOLYSIS OF (PENTAMETHYLDISILANYL) PHENYLACETYLENE -- Acknowledgment -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. CLASSICAL AND NOVEL YLIDE SYSTEMS IN ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- Tert.-butvl-methylene-phosphoranes -- Phosphorinanium and Phospholanium Ylides -- Organometallic Compounds of Double Ylides -- Phosphonium-bis-methylide/Bis-phosphino-methanide Complexes -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. STUDIES ON SYNTHESIS, MECHANISM AND REACTIVITY OF SOME ORGANO-MOLYBDENUM AND -TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS -- ABSTRACT -- I. THE ACTIVATION OF C-H BONDS BY η-CYCLOPENTADIENYL-TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVES. -- II. EVIDENCE FOR THE REVERSIBLE α-ELIMlNATION OF HYDROGEN FROM A TUNGSTENMETHYL COMPOUND -- III. METALLOCYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVES OF MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN. -- IV. RULES FOR PREDICTING THE REGIOSELECTIVITY OF NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITION ON 18-ELECTRON ORGANOTRANSITION METAL CATIONS CONTAINING POLYENE LIGANDS. -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5. ENANTIOSELECTIVE REACTIONS THROUGH CHIRAL METAL-CARBENE INTERMEDIATES -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- RESULTS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- Acknowledgment -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. ISOCYANIDE, CARBENE, AND RELATED CHEMISTRY OF PALLADIUM(II) AND PLATINUM(II) -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION. , RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Acknowledgement -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. SYNTHESIS AND REACTIVITY OF CARBON-BONDED TRANSITION ELEMENTS -- Abstract -- A) Reactions of Coordinated CO -- B) Reactions of CO2 and CO2-Like Molecules with Compounds of Transition Elements -- C) Coordinative Addition of CO and Olefins -- D) Reactivity of Anhydrous Gold (III) Chloride -- E) Organic Dichalcqgenides as Bridging Ligands for Rhenium (I) Carbonyl Compounds -- Acknowledgement -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8. NEUTRON DIFFRACTION STUDIES ON TRANSITION METAL HYDRIDE COMPLEXES -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- TERMINAL METAL-HYDROGEN (M-H) BONDS -- BRIDGING METAL-HYDROGEN (M-H-M) BONDS -- TRIPLY-BRIDGING METAL-HYDROGEN [(μ3 -H)M3] BONDS -- Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9. ORGANO TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS AS INTERMEDIATES IN HOMOGENEOUS CATALYTIC REACTIONS -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10. NEW APPLICATIONS OF PALLADIUM IN ORGANIC SYNTHESES -- Abstract -- Acknowledgment -- CHAPTER 11. UNUSUAL METAL ALKYLS -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION AND INITIAL OBJECTIVES -- NEW RESULTS -- Acknowledgement -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12. STOICHIOMETRIC VERSUS CATALYTIC USE OF COPPER(I) SALTS IN THE SYNTHETIC USE OF MAIN GROUP ORGANOMETALLICS -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- I ADDITION TO UNSATURATED C=C BONDS -- II ALKYLATION BY SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 13. ON THE MECHANISMS OP SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS OF ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS OP NONTRANSITION METALS -- Abstract -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 14. ACTIVATION OP ALKANES BY TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES -- Abstract -- INTRODUCTION -- H-D EXCHANGE -- OTHER CATALYTIC REACTIONS OF ALKANES -- MECHANISM Of ALKANES ACTIVATION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 15. NEW TRENDS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANOMETALLOPORPHYRINS -- Abstract -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES.