Organometallics, 3rd, Completely Revised and Extended Edition

INTRODUCTION
Milestones in Organometallic Chemistry
Organoelement Compounds: Classification and Electronegativity Considerations
Energy, Polarity, and Reactivity of the M-C Bond
MAIN-GROUP ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
Overview of Preparation Methods
Organometallic Compounds of Alkali Metals (Group 1)
Organometallic Compounds of Groups 2 and 12
Organometallic Compounds of the Boron Group (Group 13)
Organoelement Compounds of the Carbon Group (Group 14)
Organoelement Compounds of the Nitrogen Group (Group 15)
Organoelement Compounds of Selenium and Tellurium (Group 16)
Organometallic Compounds of Copper, Silver, and Gold (Group 11)
ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS OF THE TRANSITION METALS
Introduction
sigma-Donor Ligands
sigma-Donor/pi-Acceptor Ligands
sigma, pi-Donor/pi-Acceptor Ligands
Metal-Metal Bonds and Transition-Metal-Atom Clusters
Organometallic Chemistry of Lanthanoids and Actinoids
Organometallic Catalysis in Synthesis and Production
APPENDIX
Redox Reagents in Organometallic Chemistry
Nomenclature of Organometallic Compounds
Abbreviations and Symbols
Literature
AUTHOR INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX