E.O. Fischer received the Nobel prize in 1973 for the
investigations of complexes with a formal metal atom-carbon
double bond. Among these, the Iron-Carbene species is
readily available and has proved to be a versatile reagent
in organic syntheses. It is rather simple to tune the
electronicproperties of this Fischer Carbene and to control
reactivity and stereospecificity of the reagent in, e.g.,
cyclopropanation reactions.
This first volume of the "Scripts in Inorganic and Organome-
tallic Chemistry" addresses graduate students in the fields
ofcoordination compounds and organic synthesis. It covers
the chemistry and structural aspects of iron-carbon com-
pounds with a iron-carbon double bond. The first part deals
with the carbene moiety, the second with vinylidene ligands.

1 Carbene Complexes with the 5LFe=C Moiety

1.1 Cationic Carbene Complexes with One Carbene Ligand Bonded to Fe
1.2 Neutral Carbene Complexes
1.3 Anionic Carbene Complexes
1.4 Carbene Compounds with Two Carbene Ligands
2 Vinylidene Complexes
2.1 Cationic Complexes of the Type [5L(2D-2D)Fe=C=CRR']+ or [5L(2D)2Fe=C=CRR,]+
2.2 Cationic Complexes of the Type [5L(CO)(2D)Fe=C=CRR']+
2.3 Cationic Complexes of the Type [5L(CO)2Fe=C=CRR']+
2.4 Cationic Compounds of the Type [Cp(CO)(2D)FeC(2D')=CRR']X, [Cp(CO)Fe(?-2D-2D')C=CRR']X, and [Cp(CO)2FeC(2D)=CRR']X.