1;Preface to the Series Synthetic Methods of Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry;6 2;Preface to Volume 7;8 3;Contents;9 4;Chapter 1: Introduction, Working Techniques,Metal Carbonyls, and Other Complexes;11 4.1;1.1 Introduction;12 4.2;1.2 Working Techniques;13 4.3;1.3 Transition Metal Carbonyls and Other Complexes;13 4.3.1;1.3.1 Introduction;13 4.3.2;1.3.2 Metal Carbonyls without Other Ligands;14 4.3.3;1.3.3 Metal Carbonyls with Halogen Ligands;45 4.3.4;1.3.4 Complexes with Hydride Ligands;58 4.3.5;1.3.5 Nitrosyl Complexes from Carbonyl Complexes;65 4.3.6;1.3.6 Complexes with Carbon Disulfide Ligands;71 4.3.7;1.3.7 Complexes with Cyano or Isocyano Ligands;72 4.3.8;1.3.8 Complexes with Phosphane Ligands;78 5;Chapter 2: Complexes with Metal-Carbon s-Bonds;95 5.1;2.1 Introduction 1-3;96 5.2;2.2 Binary Complexes with Metal-Carbon s-Bonds Only;97 5.3;2.3 Alkyl Complexes with Other s-Donor Ligands;99 5.4;2.4 Complexes with p-Acceptor Ligands;102 5.5;2.5 Complexes with p-Donor/Acceptor Ligands;115 6;Chapter 3: Complexes Containing Metal/CarbonMultiple Bonds;136 6.1;3.1 Transition Metal Carbene and Ketenyl Complexes;137 6.1.1;3.1.1 Introduction;137 6.1.2;3.1.2 Titanium, Zirconium, Hafnium, Vanadium, and Niobium Complexes;138 6.1.3;3.1.3 Chromium Complexes;139 6.1.4;3.1.4 Molybdenum Complexes;158 6.1.5;3.1.5 Tungsten Complexes;163 6.1.6;3.1.6 Manganese Complexes;183 6.1.7;3.1.7 Rhenium Complexes;190 6.1.8;3.1.8 Iron Complexes;192 6.1.9;3.1.9 Cobalt and Rhodium Complexes;193 6.2;3.2 Transition Metal Carbyne Complexes;197 6.2.1;3.2.1 Introduction;197 6.2.2;3.2.2 Molybdenum Complexes;198 6.2.3;3.2.3 Tungsten Complexes;204 6.2.4;3.2.4 Manganese Complexes;218 6.2.5;3.2.5 Rhenium Complexes;224 6.2.6;3.2.6 Cobalt Complexes;225 7;Chapter 4: Olefin Metal Complexes;228 7.1;4.1 Introduction;229 7.1.1;4.1.1 The Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson Bonding Model;229 7.1.2;4.1.2 Conformational Preferences of Metal Alkene Complexes;231 7.1.3;4.1.3 Addition of Nucleophiles to Cationic Olefin Complexes;232 7.2;4.2 Alkene Complexes;233 7.2.1;4.2.1 The Hydrido(methanol)bis(triethylphosphane)platinum(H) Cation and itsReactions with Unsaturated Hydrocarbons;243 7.3;4.3 Allyl Complexes;246 8;Chapter 5: Alkyne Metal Complexes;253 8.1;5.1 Introduction;254 8.1.1;5.1.1 Conformational Preferences of Metal Alkyne Complexes 1-4;254 8.2;5.2 Monomeric Alkyne Complexes;255 8.3;5.3 Binuclear Alkyne Complexes;265 8.4;5.4 s-Bonded Alkynyl Ligands ;266 8.5;5.5 Polymers Containing Transition Metals Bonded by s -AcetyleneLigands;267 8.5.1;5.5.1 Polymer Synthesis;267 8.5.2;5 .5.2 Iron and Ruthenium Complexes and Polymers;269 8.5.3;5.5.3 Rhodium(III) and Iridium(III)s-Acetylide Complexes;273 8.5.4;5.5.4 Nickel Polymers;274 8.5.5;5.5.5 Palladium-Polyyne Dimers and Polymers;275 9;Index;281