Organometallic Chemistry is an integral part of every chemistry curriculum the world over, primarily because it bridges two main sub-disciplines of chemistry, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry. Basic Organometallic Chemistry: Concepts, Syntheses and Applications, Second Edition.
 
 
Covers a large variety of topics in detail
Includes several new topics supplemented with relevant figures
Is lavishly complemented with figures, equations and schemes for easy comprehension
Includes carefully selected, updated and comprehensive references
Provides a number of problems and exercises to test understanding
Provides detailed solutions to the problems as appendices
 
 
Useful for M.Sc. chemistry students and researchers in many areas of chemistry.
 
Table of Contents:
 
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - The 18 Valence Electron Rule
Chapter 3 - Metal Carbonyls
Chapter 4 - Neutral Spectator Ligands: Phosphine's and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
Chapter 5 - Alkenes and Alkynes as Ligands
Chapter 6 - Carbenes and Carbynes: Complexes with Metal–Carbon Double and Triple Bonds
Chapter 7 - Alkyl, Aryl and Ligands with Higher Hapticity
Chapter 8 - Unique Reactions in Organometallic Chemistry
Chapter 9 - Ligand Substitution Reactions and Fluxionality in Organometallic Compounds
Chapter 10 - Metal Clusters
Chapter 11 - Homogeneous Catalysis Using Organometallic Compounds
Chapter 12 - Catalytic Hydrogenation of Alkenes and Related Reactions
Chapter 13 - Hydroformylation
Chapter 14 - Methanol Carbonylation and Olefin Oxidation: Monsanto, Cativa and Wacker Processes
Chapter 15 - Olefin Metathesis
Chapter 16 - Palladium Catalyzed C–C and C–N Cross Coupling Reactions
Chapter 17 - Olefin Polymerization and Oligomeriszation Reactions
Chapter 18 - Ferrocene: Structure, Bonding and Reactions
Chapter 19 - Organometallic Polymers
Chapter 20 - Bio organometallic Chemistry
 
Problems and exercises
Supplementary reading
Appendix 1: Solutions to problems and exercises
Appendix 2: Quick revision questions