Organometallic Chemistry

This Specialist Periodical Report aims to reflect the growing interest in the potential of organometallic chemistry.

Organometallic chemistry is an interdisciplinary science which continues to grow at a rapid pace. Although there is continued interest in synthetic and structural studies the last decade has seen a growing interest in the potential of organometallic chemistry to provide answers to problems in catalysis, synthetic organic chemistry and also in the development of new materials. This Specialist Periodical Report aims to reflect these current interests, reviewing progress in theoretical organometallic chemistry, main group chemistry, the lanthanides and all aspects of transition metal chemistry. Volume 31 covers literature published during 2002. Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage in major areas of chemical research. Compiled by teams of leading authorities in the relevant subject areas, the series creates a unique service for the active research chemist, with regular, in-depth accounts of progress in particular fields of chemistry. Subject coverage within different volumes of a given title is similar and publication is on an annual or biennial basis.

Chapter 1: Theoretical Organometallic Chemistry; 1: Introduction; 2: s- and p-Block Metals; 3: d- and f-Block Metals; Chapter 2: Groups 1 and 11: The Alkali and Coinage Metals; 1: Alkali Metals; 2: Copper, Silver and Gold; Chapter 3: Group 2 (Be-Ba) and Group 12 (Zn-Hg); 1: Scope and Organisation of the Review; 2: Group 2; 3: Group 12; Chapter 4: Scandium, Yttrium and the Lanthanides; 1: Introduction; 2: New Compounds - Structure and Reactivity; 3: Theoretical Studies; 4: Gas Phase Chemistry; 5: Polymerization Catalysis; 6: Applications in Organic Synthesis; Chapter 5: Carboranes, Including Their Metal Complexes; 1: Introduction; 2: Theoretical and Computational Studies; 3: Carboranes; 4: Metallacarbaboranes; 5: Biological Carborane Chemistry and BNCT; 6: Crystal Engineered Supramolecular and Polymeric (Metalla)carborane Materials; Chapter 6: Group III - B, Al, Ga, In and Tl; 1: General; 2: Boron; 3: Aluminium; 4: Gallium; 5: Indium; 6: Thallium; Chapter 7: Group 14: Silicon, Germanium, Tin and Lead; 1: Overview; 2: Silylenes; 3: Germylenes, Stannylenes and Plumbylenes; 4: Multiple Bonds to Main Group Elements; 5: Homoaromatics and Related Copmpounds; 6: ?-Bonded Compounds; 7:Transition and Main Group Metal Complexes; Chapter 8: Group 15: Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony and Bismut; 1: Phosphorus; 2: Arsenic; 3: Antimony; 4: Bismuth; Chapter 9: Organo-Transition Metal Cluster Complexes; 1: Introduction; 2: General Reviews; 3: Spectroscopic Studies; 4: Theory; 5: Structural Studies; 6: Large Clusters; 7: Group 6; 8: Group 7; 9: Group 8; 10: Group 9; 11: Group 10; 12: Group 11; 13: Group 12; 14: Mixed Metal Clusters; Chapter 10: Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon ?-Bonds of the Groups Iron, Cobalt and Nickel, Including Carbenes and Carbynes; 1: Introduction; 2: Reviews and Articles of General Interest; 3: Metal-Carbon ?-Bonds Involving Group 8, 9 and 10 Metals; 4: Carbene and Carbyne Complexes of Groups 8, 9 and 10; Chapter 11: Reactions of Transition Metal ?-Complexes of Alkenes, Alkynes and Dienes; 1: Introduction; 2: Reviews; 3: Complexes Containing ?-Coordinated Alkenes; 4: Complexes Containing ?-Coordinated Alkynes; 5: Complexes Containing ?-Coordinated Dienes (Chain and Cyclic); 6: Bimetallic Complexes Containing ?-Coordinated Alkenes, Alkynes or Dienes; Chapter 12: Transition Metal Complexes of Cyclopentadienyl Ligands; 1: General Introduction; 2: Main Group, Lanthanides and Actinides; 3: Titanium, Zirconium and Hafnium; 4: Vanadium, Niobium and Tantalum; 5: Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten; 6: Manganese, Rhenium and Technetium; 7: Iron, Ruthenium and Osmium; 8: Cobalt; 9: Nickel; Chapter 13: Organic Aspects of Organometallic Chemistry; 1: Introduction; 2: Methods for C-C Bond Formation; 3: Methods for C-X Bond Formation; 4: Metathesis Reactions; 5: Metal Mediated Cyclisation and Cycloisomerisation Reactions; 6: Metal Mediated Cycloadditions; 7: Pauson-Khand Type Reactions; 8: Nicholas Reactions