The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, 7th Edition
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The new edition of this bestselling text continues to provide chemistry students and researchers with vital information on organometallic compounds, their preparation, and use in synthesis. It explores the fundamentals of the field and its modern applications.
  • Includes end-of-chapter problems and their solutions
  • Has up-to-date examples of fundamental reaction steps and emphasis on key topics like oxidation catalysis, CH functionalization, nanoclusters, and nanoparticles
  • Adds coverage for ligand-assisted additions and eliminations, proton-coupled electron transfer, surface catalysis, green energy, and photoredox catalysis

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Contents

Acknowledgment

List of Abbreviations

Periodic Table

1 Introduction

1.1 Why Study Organometallic Chemistry?

1.2 Coordination Chemistry

1.3 Werner Complexes

1.4 The Trans Effect

1.5 Soft versus Hard Ligands

1.6 The Crystal Field

1.7 The Ligand Field

1.8 Two Electron-Three Center Bonding

1.9 Four Electron-Three Center Bonding

1.10 Back Bonding

1.11 Trends in d Orbital Energies

1.12 Types of Ligand

References

Problems

2 Making Sense of Organometallics

2.1 The 18-Electron Rule

2.2 Limitations of the 18-Electron Rule

2.3 Electron Counting in Reactions

2.4 The Oxidation State Concept and its Limitations

2.5  Electroneutrality

2.6 Coordination Number and Geometry

2.7 Effects of Complexation

2.8 Differences between Metals

References

Problems

3 Alkyls and Hydrides

3.1 Alkyls and Aryls

3.2 Others-bonded Ligands

3.3 Metal Hydrides

3.4 Sigma Complexes

3.5 Bond Strengths

References

Problems

4 Ligand Substitution

4.1 Metal Carbonyls

4.2 Phosphines

4.3 N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

4.4 Dissociative Substitution

4.5 Associative Substitution

4.6 Redox Effects and Interchange Substitution

4.7 Photochemical Substitution

4.8 Counterions and Solvents in Substitution

References

Problems

5 Pi-Complexes

5.1 Alkene and Alkyne Complexes

5.2 Allyl Complexes

5.3 Diene Complexes

5.4 Cyclopentadienyl Complexes

5.5 Arenes and Other Alicyclic Ligands

5.6 Metalacycles

5.7 Stability of Polyene and Polyenyl Complexes

References

Problems

6 Oxidative Addition and Reductive Elimination

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Concerted Additions

6.3 SN2 Pathways

6.4 Radical Mechanisms

6.5 Ionic Mechanisms

6.6 Reductive Elimination

6.7 Sigma Bond Metathesis

6.8 Ligand-Assisted 12-Additions and Eliminations

6.9 Oxidative Coupling

6.10 Proton Coupled Electron Transfer

References

Problems

7 Insertion and Elimination

7.1 Introduction

7.2 11-Insertion

7.3 12-Insertion

7.4 Outer Sphere Insertions

7.5 a b g and d Elimination

References

Problems

8 Addition and Abstraction

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Nucleophilic Addition to CO

8.3 Nucleophilic Addition to Polyene and Polyenyls

8.4 Nucleophilic Abstraction

8.5 Electrophilic Addition and Abstraction

8.6 Single-Electron Transfer and Radical Reactions

References

Problems

9 Homogeneous Catalysis

9.1 Catalytic Cycles

9.2 Alkene Isomerization

9.3 Hydrogenation

9.4 Alkene Hydroformylation

9.5 Alkene Hydrocyanation

9.6 Alkene Hydrosilylation

9.7 Coupling Reactions

9.8 Organometallic Oxidation Catalysis

9.9 Electrocatalysis

9.10 Photoredox Catalysis

9.11 Surface Supported Single Atom and Cooperative Catalysis

References

Problems

10 Physical Methods

10.1 Mechanism

10.2 H NMR Spectroscopy

10.3 C NMR Spectroscopy

10.4 P NMR Spectroscopy

10.5 Dynamic NMR

10.6 Spin Saturation Transfer

10.7 T1 and the Nuclear Overhauser Effect

10.8 IR Spectroscopy

10.9 Crystallography

10.10 Electrochemistry and EPR

10.11 Computation

10.12 Other Methods

References

Problems

11 M-L Multiple Bonds

11.1 Carbenes

11.2 Carbynes

11.3 Bridging Carbenes and Carbynes

11.4 N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

11.5 Multiple Bonds to Heteroatoms

References

Problems

12 Metathesis Polymerization and Bond Activation

12.1 Alkene Metathesis

12.2 Alkene Dimerization Oligomerization and Polymerization

12.3 Activation of CO and CO2

12.4 C-H Activation

12.5 Dehydrogenative Oxidation and Hydrogen Borrowing

References

Problems

13 Green Energy & Materials Applications

13.1 Green Chemistry

13.2 Energy Chemistry

13.3 Clusters and Nanoparticles

13.4 Organometallic Materials

References

Problems

14 Organic Applications

14.1 Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Coupling

14.2 Metathesis

14.3 Cyclopropanation and C–H Insertion

14.4 Hydrogenation

14.5 Carbonylation

14.6 Oxidation

14.7 C-H Activation

14.8 Click Chemistry and Cycloaddition

14.9 Photoredox Catalysis

References

Problems

15 Paramagnetic and High-Oxidation-State Complexes

15.1 Magnetism and Spin States

15.2 Cyclopentadienyl Complexes

15.3 f-Block Complexes

References

Problems

16 Bioorganometallic Chemistry

16.1 Introduction

16.2 Coenzyme B12

16.3 Nitrogen Fixation

16.4 Nickel Enzymes

16.5 Artificial Enzymes

16.6 Biomedical and Biocatalytic Applications

References

Problems

Useful Texts on Allied Topics

Major Reaction Types

Solutions to Problems

Index 000

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