| | Contents | |
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| | Preface to the Third Edition | V |
| | Preface to the First Edition | VII |
| | Introduction | |
| 1 | Milestones in Organometallic Chemistry | 3 |
| 2 | Organoelement Compounds: Classification and Electronegativity Considerations | 11 |
| 3 | Energy, Polarity, and Reactivity of the M–C Bond | 15 |
| 3.1 | Stability of Main-Group Organometallic Compounds | 15 |
| 3.2 | Lability of Main-Group Organometallic Compounds | 17 |
| | Excursion 1: Where does our knowledge of M–C bond energies come from? | 19 |
| | Main-Group Organometallics | |
| 4 | Overview of Preparation Methods | 27 |
| 5 | Organometallic Chemistry of Alkali Metals (Group 1) | 33 |
| 5.1 | Organolithium Compounds | 33 |
| | Excursion 2: 6Li and 7Li NMR Spectroscopy of Organolithium Compounds | 39 |
| 5.2 | Organometallic Compounds of the Heavier Alkali Metals | 50 |
| | Excursion 3: EPR Spectroscopy of Organoalkali-Metal Compounds | 55 |
| 6 | Organometallic Compounds of Groups 2 and 12 | 59 |
| 6.1 | Organometallic Compounds of the Alkaline-Earth Metals (Group 2) | 59 |
| 6.1.1 | Organoberyllium Compounds | 59 |
| 6.1.2 | Organomagnesium Compounds | 62 |
| 6.1.3 | Organocalcium, -strontium, and -barium Compounds | 70 |
| 6.2 | Organometallic Compounds of Zn, Cd, Hg (Group 12) | 73 |
| 6.2.1 | Organozinc Compounds | 73 |
| 6.2.2 | Organocadmium Compounds | 77 |
| 6.2.3 | Organomercury Compounds | 78 |
| | Excursion 4: Organomercury Compounds in vivo | 82 |
| 7 | Organometallic Compounds of the Boron Group (Group 13) | 87 |
| 7.1 | Organoboron Compounds | 87 |
| 7.1.1 | Organoboranes | 87 |
| 7.1.2 | Organoboron–Transition-Metal Compounds | 93 |
| 7.1.3 | Boron Heterocycles | 94 |
| 7.1.4 | Polyhedral Boranes, Carbaboranes, and Heterocarbaboranes | 99 |
| | Excursion 5: 11B NMR Spectroscopy of Organoboron Compounds | 108 |
| 7.2 | Organoaluminum Compounds | 110 |
| 7.2.1 | OrganoaluminumIII Compounds | 111 |
| 7.2.2 | Subvalent Organoaluminum Compounds | 123 |
| 7.3 | Gallium, Indium, and Thallium Organyls | 126 |
| 7.3.1 | GaIII, InIII, and TlIII Organyls and their Lewis Base Adducts | 126 |
| 7.3.2 | GaII,I, InII,I, and TlII,I Organyls | 129 |
| 7.3.3 | Thallium in Organic Synthesis | 136 |
| 8 | Organoelement Compounds of the Carbon Group (Group 14) | 139 |
| 8.1 | Organosilicon Compounds | 142 |
| 8.1.1 | Silicon Organyls of Coordination Number 4 | 142 |
| 8.1.2 | Organosilicon Compounds with Coordination Numbers 3, 2, and 1 and Their Subsequent Products | 153 |
| 8.2 | Organogermanium Compounds | 171 |
| 8.2.1 | Germanium Organyls of Coordination Number 4 | 171 |
| 8.2.2 | Organogermanium Compounds with Coordination Numbers 3, 2, and 1 and Their Subsequent Products | 175 |
| 8.3 | Organotin Compounds | 179 |
| | Excursion 6: 119Sn Mössbauer and 119Sn NMR Spectroscopy | 179 |
| 8.3.1 | Organotin Compounds with Coordination Numbers 6, 5, and 4 and Their Subsequent Products | 182 |
| 8.3.2 | Organotin Compounds with Coordination Numbers 3, 2, and 1 and Their Subsequent Products | 191 |
| 8.4 | Organolead Compounds | 198 |
| 8.4.1 | PbIV Organyls | 199 |
| 8.4.2 | PbIII, PbII, and PbI Organyls | 203 |
| 9 | Organoelement Compounds of the Nitrogen Group (Group 15) | 211 |
| 9.1 | EV Organyls (E = As, Sb, Bi) | 212 |
| 9.1.1 | Pentaorganoelement Compounds R5E | 212 |
| 9.1.2 | Organoelement Derivatives RnEX5–n | 215 |
| 9.2 | EIII Organyls (E = As, Sb, Bi) | 217 |
| 9.2.1 | Trisorganoelement Compounds R3E | 218 |
| 9.2.2 | Organoelement Derivatives RnEX3–n | 221 |
| 9.3 | Chains and Rings Containing E–E Single Bonds | 224 |
| 9.4 | E (P, As, Sb, Bi) as Partners in Multiple Bonds | 229 |
| 9.4.1 | E=C(p –p ) Bonds | 229 |
| 9.4.2 | E C(p –p ) Bonds | 232 |
| 9.4.3 | E=E(p –p ) Bonds | 235 |
| 9.4.3 | E E((p –p )) Bonds | 237 |
| 10 | Organoelement Compounds of Selenium and Tellurium (Group 16) | 239 |
| 11 | Organometallic Compounds of Copper, Silver, and Gold (Group 11) | 249 |
| 11.1 | Copper and Silver Organyls | 249 |
| 11.2 | Gold Organyls | 262 |
| | Organometallic Compounds of the Transition Metals | |
| 12 | Introduction | 275 |
| 12.1 | The 18 Valence Electron (18 VE) Rule | 276 |
| | Excursion 7: Can the VSEPR concept be applied to transition-metal complexes? | 282 |
| 12.2 | Organometallic Catalysis: Some Fundamental Principles | 284 |
| 13 | -Donor Ligands | 291 |
| 13.1 | Preparation of Transition-Metal–Alkyl and –Aryl Compounds | 292 |
| 13.2 | Selected Properties of Transition-Metal -Organyls | 295 |
| 13.2.1 | Thermodynamic Stability versus Kinetic Lability | 295 |
| 13.2.2 | Interactions of C–H Bonds with Transition Metals | 299 |
| 13.2.3 | Interaction of C–C Bonds with Transition Metals | 308 |
| 13.2.4 | Transition-Metal Perfluorocarbon Complexes | 312 |
| 13.3 | Transition-Metal Organyls In Vivo | 315 |
| 14 | -Donor/ -Acceptor Ligands | 329 |
| 14.1 | Transition-Metal–Alkenyl, –Aryl, and –Alkynyl Complexes | 329 |
| 14.2 | Transition-Metal Carbene Complexes | 333 |
| 14.3 | Transition-Metal–Carbyne Complexes | 350 |
| 14.4 | Metal Carbonyls | 356 |
| 14.4.1 | Preparation, Structure, and Properties | 357 |
| 14.4.2 | Variants of CO Bridging | 360 |
| 14.4.3 | Bonding Properties and Experimental Evidence | 363 |
| 14.4.4 | Principal Reaction Types | 372 |
| 14.4.5 | Carbonyl Metalates and Carbonyl Metal Hydrides | 375 |
| 14.4.6 | Carbonyl Metal Halides | 378 |
| 14.5 | Thio-, Seleno-, and Tellurocarbonyl Metal Complexes | 379 |
| 14.6 | Isocyanide Complexes (Metal Isonitriles) | 381 |
| | Excursion 8: Photochemistry of Organometallic Compounds | 383 |
| 15 | , -Donor/ -Acceptor Ligands | 395 |
| 15.1 | Olefin Complexes | 395 |
| 15.1.1 | Homoalkene Complexes | 395 |
| 15.1.2 | Heteroalkene Complexes | 413 |
| 15.1.3 | Homo- and Heteroallene Complexes | 415 |
| 15.2 | Alkyne Complexes | 424 |
| 15.2.1 | Homoalkyne Complexes | 425 |
| 15.2.2 | Heteroalkyne Complexes | 435 |
| 15.3 | Allyl and Enyl Complexes | 436 |
| 15.3.1 | Allyl Complexes | 436 |
| 15.3.2 | Dienyl and Trienyl Complexes | 445 |
| | Excursion 9: NMR Spectroscopy of Organometallic Compounds | 451 |
| 15.4 | Complexes of the Cyclic -Perimeters CnHn | 478 |
| 15.4.1 | C3R3+ as a Ligand | 479 |
| 15.4.2 | C4H4 as a Ligand | 480 |
| 15.4.3 | C5H5– as a Ligand | 484 |
| 15.4.3.1 | Binary Cyclopentadienyl–Metal Complexes | 486 |
| 15.4.3.2 | Cyclopentadienyl Metal Carbonyls | 507 |
| 15.4.3.3 | Cyclopentadienyl Metal Nitrosyls | 511 |
| 15.4.3.4 | Cyclopentadienyl Metal Hydrides | 512 |
| 15.4.3.5 | Cyclopentadienyl Metal Halides and Their Products | 514 |
| 15.4.3.6 | Special Applications of Metallocene Derivatives | 518 |
| 15.4.4 | C6H6 as a Ligand | 528 |
| 15.4.4.1 | Bis(arene)metal Complexes | 528 |
| 15.4.4.2 | Arene Metal Carbonyls | 539 |
| 15.4.4.3 | Other Complexes of the Type ( 6-Arene)MLn | 543 |
| 15.4.4.4 | Benzene Cyclopentadienyl Complexes | 544 |
| | Excursion 10: Organometallic Chemistry of Fullerenes | 546 |
| 15.4.5 | C7H7 as a Ligand | 549 |
| 15.4.6 | C8H8 as a Ligand | 555 |
| 15.5 | Metal– -Complexes of Heterocycles | 560 |
| 15.5.1 | S, Se, and Te Heterocycles | 561 |
| 15.5.2 | N Heterocycles | 561 |
| 15.5.3 | P and As Heterocycles | 564 |
| 15.5.4 | B Heterocycles | 570 |
| 15.5.5 | Metallaheterocycles | 576 |
| 16 | Metal–Metal Bonds and Transition-Metal-Atom Clusters | 579 |
| 16.1 | Formation of and Criteria for Metal–Metal Bonds | 579 |
| 16.2 | Dinuclear Clusters | 584 |
| 16.3 | Trinuclear Clusters | 587 |
| 16.4 | Tetranuclear Clusters | 588 |
| | Excursion 11: Structure and Bonding in Clusters – The Isolobal Analogy | 590 |
| 16.5 | Approaches to Systematic Cluster Synthesis | 595 |
| 16.6 | Pentanuclear and Higher Clusters | 599 |
| 17 | Organometallic Chemistry of the Lanthanoids and Actinoids | 609 |
| 17.1 | Comparative Considerations | 610 |
| 17.2 | Tour of the Ligands | 614 |
| 18 | Organometallic Catalysis in Synthesis and Production | 635 |
| 18.1 | Olefin Isomerization | 635 |
| 18.2 | C–C Coupling Reactions | 637 |
| 18.2.1 | Allylic Alkylation | 638 |
| | Excursion 12: Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation | 640 |
| 18.2.2 | The Heck Reaction | 642 |
| 18.2.3 | The Suzuki Reaction | 645 |
| 18.2.4 | The Stille Reaction | 649 |
| 18.2.5 | The Sonogashira Reaction | 651 |
| 18.2.6 | Hydrocyanation | 652 |
| 18.3 | C–Heteroatom Coupling | 654 |
| 18.3.1 | Amination of Arenes | 654 |
| 18.3.2 | Hydroamination | 657 |
| 18.3.3 | Hydroboration | 658 |
| 18.3.4 | Hydrosilation | 659 |
| 18.4 | Olefin Oxidation | 660 |
| 18.5 | Water-Gas-Shift and Fischer–Tropsch Reactions | 665 |
| 18.6 | Carbonylation of Alcohols | 669 |
| 18.7 | Hydrogenation of Alkenes | 670 |
| 18.8 | Hydroformylation | 676 |
| 18.9 | Reppe Syntheses | 679 |
| 18.10 | Alkene and Alkyne Metathesis | 682 |
| 18.10.1 | Alkene Metathesis | 682 |
| 18.10.2 | Alkyne Metathesis | 688 |
| 18.10.3 | Alkene–Alkyne Metathesis | 689 |
| 18.11 | Oligomerization and Polymerization of Alkenes and Alkynes | 691 |
| 18.11.1 | Oligomerizations | 692 |
| 18.11.2 | Olefin Polymerization | 695 |
| 18.11.2.1 | Polyethylene | 697 |
| 18.11.2.2 | Polypropylene | 699 |
| 18.11.2.3 | Homo- and Copolymerization; Functionalized Olefins, Cycloolefins, and Diolefins | 706 |
| 18.11.2.4 | Non-Group 4 Catalysts | 709 |
| 18.11.2.4.1 | Lanthanoidocene Catalysts | 709 |
| 18.11.2.4.2 | The Iron Age of Olefin Polymerization | 710 |
| | Appendix | 717 |
| A-1 | Redox Reagents in Organometallic Chemistry | 717 |
| A-2 | Nomenclature of Organometallic Compounds | 721 |
| A-3 | Abbreviations and Symbols | 726 |
| A-4 | Literature | 732 |
| | Author Index | 761 |
| | Subject Index | 783 |
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