Note: Organometallic Chemistry -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1 Group I: The Alkali and Coinage Metals -- 1 Alkali Metals -- 1.1 General -- 1.2 Alkyl Derivatives -- 1.3 Aryl Derivatives -- 1.4 Cyclopentadienyl and Related Derivatives -- 1.5 Benzyl and Related Derivatives -- 1.6 Alkenyl and Related Derivatives -- 2 Copper, Silver and Gold -- 2.1 π-Complexes of Copper, Silver and Gold -- 2.2 σ-Compounds of Copper -- 2.3 σ-Bonded Compounds of Silver and Gold -- References -- CHAPTER 2 Group II: The Alkaline Earths and Zinc and its Congeners -- 1 General -- 2 Beryllium -- 3 Magnesium -- 4 Calcium, Strontium and Barium -- 5 Zinc -- 6 Cadmium -- 7 Mercury -- References -- CHAPTER 3 Carbaboranes, Including their Metal Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical and Spectroscopic Studies -- 3 Composition C4B, C4B2, C3B2 and C2B3 (including ring stacking) -- 4 Composition CB4 -- 5 Composition C2B4 -- 6 Composition C2B5, and C3B5 -- 7 Composition CB6, CB7 and CB8 -- 8 Composition C2B6 and C2B7 -- 9 Composition C2B8 -- 10 Composition CB9 and CB11 -- 11 Composition C2B9 -- 12 Composition C2B10 -- 13 Studies Relating to BNCT -- References -- CHAPTER 4 Group III: Boron, Aluminium, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium -- 1 Boron -- 1.1 Non-cyclic Compounds -- 1.2 Ring and Cage Structures -- 2 Aluminium, Gallium, and Indium -- 2.1 Simple Organometallics and Organometallic Halides -- 2.2 Compounds Containing M-Group 15 Element Bonds -- 2.3 Compounds Containing M-Group 16 Element Bonds -- 2.4 Derivatives Containing Transition Metals -- 2.5 Material Science -- 3 Thallium -- 3.1 Thallium(III) -- 3.2 Thallium(I) -- References -- CHAPTER 5 Group IV: The Silicon Group -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Carbon-Metalloid Bond -- 3 Catenation -- 4 Hydrides -- 5 Radicals, Anions, and Metal Derivatives -- 6 Nitrogen Derivatives -- 7 Phosphorus and Arsenic Derivatives -- 8 Oxygen Derivatives. , 9 Sulphur, Selenium, and Tellurium Derivatives -- 10 Halogen Derivatives -- 11 Complexes -- References -- CHAPTER 6 Group V: Arsenic, Antimony, and Bismuth -- 1 Tervalent Compounds -- 2 Quinquevalent Species -- References -- CHAPTER 7 Metal Carbonyls -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reviews -- 3 Theoretical, Spectroscopic, and General Studies -- 3.1 Theoretical Studies -- 3.2 Spectroscopic Studies -- 3.3 General -- 4 Chemistry of 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 Mixed Metal Carbonyls -- 5 Metal Carbonyls as Catalysts -- 6 Analysis of Literature Sources -- References -- CHAPTER 8 Organometallic Compounds Containing Metal-Metal Bonds -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Reviews -- 1.2 Theoretical Studies -- 1.3 Physical Studies -- 2 Compounds with Homonuclear Transition Metal Bonds -- 2.1 Group 4 -- 2.2 Group 5 -- 2.3 Group 6 -- 2.4 Group 7 -- 2.5 Iron -- 2.6 Ruthenium -- 2.7 Osmium -- 2.8 Cobalt -- 2.9 Rhodium and Iridium -- 2.10 Group 10 -- 2.11 Group 11 -- 3 Compounds with Heteronuclear Transition Metal Bonds -- 3.1 Binuclear Complexes -- 3.2 Tri and Higher Nuclearity Complexes -- 4 Compounds with Bonds Between Transition and Main Group Metals -- 4.1 Group 12 -- 4.2 Group 13 -- 4.3 Group 14 -- 4.4 Group 15 -- References -- CHAPTER 9 Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Scandium to Manganese, Including Carbenes and Carbynes -- 1 Reviews and General Material -- 2 Group 3 -- 3 Group 4 -- 4 Group 5 -- 5 Group 6 -- 6 Group 7 -- References -- CHAPTER 10 Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel, Including Carbenes and Carbynes. , 1 Introduction, 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 Metals -- References -- CHAPTER 11 Hydrocarbon-Metal π-Complexes, Other than π-Cyclopentadienyl and π-Arene Complexes -- 1 Reviews -- 2 Allyl Complexes and Complexes Derived from Monoalkenes -- 2.1 Cr, Mo, and W -- 2.2 Fe, Ru, and Os -- 2.3 Co, Rh, and Ir -- 2.4 Ni, Pd, and Pt -- 2.5 Other Metals -- 3 Complexes Derived from Unconjugated Dienes -- 3.1 Cr, Mo, and W -- Fe, Ru, and Os -- 3.2 Co, Rh, and Ir -- 3.3 Ni, Pd, and Pt -- 4 Complexes Derived from Conjugated Dienes -- 4.1 Cr, Mo, and W -- 4.2 Fe, Ru, and Os -- 4.2.1 Acyclic Dienes -- 4.2.2 Cyclic Dienes -- 4.3 Co, Rh, and Ir -- 4.4 Other Metals -- 5 Alkyne Complexes -- 6 Polynuclear Complexes -- 6.1 Bimetallic Complexes -- 6.2 Polymetallic Complexes -- References -- CHAPTER 12 π-Cyclopentadienyl, π-Arene and Related Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Monocyclopentadienyls -- 2.1 Main Group, Lanthanide and Actinides -- 2.2 Titanium, Zirconium, and Hafnium -- 2.3 Vanadium, Niobium, and Tantalum -- 2.4 Chromium, Molybdenum, and Tungsten -- 2.5 Manganese, Rhenium, and Technetium -- 2.6 Iron, Ruthenium, and Osmium -- 2.7 Cobalt, Rhodium, and Iridium -- 2.8 Nickel, Palladium, and Platinum -- 2.9 Copper -- 3 Bis-cyclopentadienyl Derivatives -- 3.1 Lanthanides and Actinides -- 3.2 Titanium, Zirconium, and Hafnium -- 3.3 Vanadium, Niobium, and Tantalum -- 3.4 Chromium, Molybdenum, and Tungsten -- 3.5 Iron, Ruthenium, and Osmium -- 3.6 Cobalt, Rhodium, and Iridium -- 3.7 Nickel -- 4 Arenes -- 4.1 Chromium -- 4.2 Manganese -- 4.3 Iron, Ruthenium, and Osmium -- 4.4 Other Arenes -- References.