This volume is the first student text on the subject and covers both basic and advanced aspects of organometallic chemistry of all metals and catalysis. In order to present a comprehensive view of the subject, it provides broad coverage of organometallic chemistry itself.

History of Organometallic Chemistry

History of Organometallic Chemistry
Structures of the Transition-Metal Complexes
Monometallic Transition-Metal Complexes
Bimetallic Transition-Metal Complexes and Clusters
The Stoichiometric Reactions of Transition-Metal Complexes
Redox Reactions, Oxidative Addition and ?-Bond Metathesis
Reactions of Nucleophiles and Electrophiles with Complexes
Ligand Substitution Reactions
Insertion and Extrusion Reactions
The Main Families of Organometallic Complexes
Metal Carbonyls and Complexes of Other Monohapto L Ligands
Metal-Alkyl and -Hydride Complexes and Other Complexes of Monohapto X Ligands
Metal-Carbene and -Carbyne Complexes and Multiple Bonds with Transition Metals
? Complexes of Mono- and Polyenes and Enyls
Metallocenes and Sandwich Complexes
Ionic and Polar Metal-Carbon Bonds: Alkali and Rare-Earth Complexes
Covalent Chemistry of the Organoelements of Frontier (11, 12) and Main (13-16) Groups
Catalysis
to Catalysis
Hydrogenation and Hydroelementation of Alkenes
Transformations of Alkenes and Alkynes
Oxidation of Olefins
C-H Activation and Functionalization of Alkanes and Arenes
Carbonylation and Carboxylation Reactions
Bio-Organometallic Chemistry: Enzymatic Catalysis
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Applications in Organic Synthesis
Organometallic Complexes in Organic Synthesis Examples of Applications.