Basic Organometallic Chemistry : Concepts, Syntheses and Applications
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. The 18 valence electron rule. 3. Metal carbonyls. 4. Neutral spectator ligands: Phosphines and N- heterocyclic carbenes,. 5. Alkenes and alkynes as ligands. 6. Carbenes and carbynes: complexes with metal carbon double and triple bonds. 7. Alkyl, aryl and ligands with higher hapticity. 8. Unique reactions in organometallic chemistry. 9. Ligand substitution reactions, metal–metal bonding and fluxionality in organometallic compounds. 10. Organometallic clusters. 11. Homogeneous catalysis using organometallic compounds. 12. Hydrogenation, hydrosilylation and hydrocyanation of alkenes and asymmetric hydrogenation . 13. Hydroformylation. 14. Methanol carbonylation and olefin oxidation: Monsanto, Cativa and Wacker processes. 15. Olefin metathesis. 16. Palladium catalysed C–C and C–N cross coupling reactions. 17. Olefin polymerisation reactions. 18. Ferrocene: Structure, bonding and reactions. 19. Organometallic polymers. 20. Bioorganometallic chemistry.
The objective of this book is to inculcate interest in understanding transition-metal organometallic chemistry. No existing book has covered such a large variety of topics in such detail. The material is up to date and the students or instructors may not be required to look for extra material unless they wish to delve deeper into the subject. Basic Organometallic Chemistry: Concepts, Syntheses and Applications can be used by graduate and undergraduate students and researchers in many areas of chemistry to understand the fundamentals of organometallic chemistry.
The chapters are written using very simple language. Text is lavishly complemented with figures, equations and schemes for easy comprehension. A large number of problems and exercises at the end of each chapter with detailed solutions. Several carefully selected and recent references. ‘Boxed’ matter on related interesting material. Short questions to each chapter provided in appendix.
