Organotransition Metal Chemistry

Organotransition MetalChemistry - From Bonding to Catalysis provides a selective, butthorough and authoritative coverage of the fundamentals of organometallicchemistry, the elementary reactions of these complexes, and many catalyticprocesses occurring through organometallic intermediates. Built upon thefoundation established by the classic text by Collman, Hegedus, Norton andFinke, this text consists of new or thoroughly updated and restructured chaptersand provides an in-depth view into mechanism, reaction scope, andapplications. The early chapters describe the principles of bonding and the classes of ligandsthat characterize organotransition metal chemistry. The remainder of the bookfocuses on the reactions of organometallic complexes. The second portion of thebook describes the classic stoichiometric organometallic reactions, includingligand substitution, oxidative addition, reductive elimination, migratoryinsertions, eliminations, electrophilic attack on coordinated ligands,nucleophilic attack on coordinated ligands, and chemistry of metal-ligandmultiple bonds. The third portion of the text describes the principles ofcatalysis and the classic catalytic processes of organometallic systems. Writtenby a teacher and experienced practitioner of the field, the book's content issimultaneously accessible to students with no background in the subject matterand invaluable to synthetic organic chemists, inorganic chemists, and evenexperts in the field.