_P.-Powell-auth.-Principles-of-Organometallic-Chemistry-Springer-Netherlands-1988

Contents
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3.5 Beryllium 54
3.6 Calcium, strontium and barium 56
3. 7 Zinc, cadmium and mercury 57
3.8 Organoboron compounds 65
3. 9 Organometallic compounds of Al, Ga, In and TI 80
3.10 Organocopper and -silver compounds 87
3.11 Complexes of main group elements with unsaturated
hydrocarbons 90
3.12 References 94
Problems 95
4. Organometallic compounds of elements of main Groups IV
and V 98
4.1 Introduction 98
4.2 Tetra-alkyls and -aryls of the elements of Group IV 99
4.3 Organohalides of the elements of Group IV 102
4.4 Silicones 109
4.5 Hydrolysis of organohalides of germanium, tin and lead 116
4.6 Catenated organic derivatives of the elements of Group IV 117
4.7 Divalent organic compounds of the elements of Group IV 121
4.8 pn-pn Bonding in compounds of Groups IV and V 124
4. 9 Organic derivatives of the elements of Group V 12 5
4.10 References 144
Problems 145
5. Some transition metal chemistry relevant to organometallic
chemistry 148
5.1 The 18-electron rule 148
5.2 Transition metal carbonyls 152
5.3 Some general reactions of transition metal complexes 173
5.4 References 186
Problems 18 7
6. Organometallic compounds of the transition elements.
Classification of ligands and theories of bonding 191
6.1 Classification of ligands 191
6.2 Molecular orbital theory 194
6.3 References 211
Problems 211
7. Organotransition metal chemistry. Alkyl and alkylidene
derivatives. Complexes of alkenes and alkynes 213
7.1 Alkyls and aryls 213
7.2 Alkylidene and alkylidyne (carbene and carbyne)
complexes 232