Organometallic Chemistry

Gary O. Spessard is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at St. Olaf College. His areas of expertise include organic chemistry, green chemistry, and the synthesis and biosynthesis of natural products.Gary L. Miessler is Professor of Chemistry at St. Olaf College. His areas of expertise include inorganic chemistry, organometallic synthesis, and the photochemistry of transition metal complexes.

• Preface: 1. An Overview of Organometallic Chemistry 2. Fundamentals of Structure and Bonding 3. The 18-Electron Rule 4. The Carbonyl Ligand 5. Pi Ligands 6. Other Important Ligands 7. Organometallic Reactions I: Reactions that Occur at the Metal 8. Organometallic Reactions II: Reactions Involving Modification of Ligands 9. Homogeneous Catalysis: The Use of Transition Metal Complexes in Catalytic Cycles 10. Transition Metal-Carbene and -Carbyne Complexes: Structure, Preparation, and Chemistry 11. Metathesis and Polymerization Reactions 12. Applications of Organometallic Chemistry to Organic Synthesis 13. Bioorganometallic Chemistry Appendix A. List of Abbreviations Appendix B. Answer to Exercises Index:

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