PrefaceChapter I. General Principles of Transition-Metal Organometallic Chemistry Introduction Historical Development of Transition-Metal Organometallic Chemistry Some Aspects of the Bonding in Coordination Compounds Metal Carbonyls Metal Cyclopentadienyls Metal Complexes of Other Cn Hn Ring Systems and Their Derivatives Preparation of π-Complexes of Benzene and Related Aromatic Compounds Metal-Olefin Complexes Metal-Alkyne (Acetylene) Complexes Metal π-Allyl Derivatives Other Delocalized Carbon Ligands Compounds with Transition-Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds Summary of Chapter I and Further Plan of This Volume References Supplementary Reading QuestionsChapter II. Organometallic Derivatives of the Early Transition Metals Introduction Organometallic Chemistry of the Lanthanides (Including Scandium and Yttrium) Organometallic Chemistry of the Actinides Organometallic Chemistry of Titanium-π-Cyclopentadienyl Derivatives Other Organometallic Derivatives of Titanium Organometallic Chemistry of Zirconium and Hafnium Organometallic Chemistry of Vanadium Organometallic Chemistry of Niobium and Tantalum References Supplementary Reading QuestionsChapter III. Organometallic Derivatives of Chromium, Molybdenum, and Tungsten Introduction The Metal Hexacarbonyls Reactions of the Metal Hexacarbonyls Metal Carbonyl Halide Derivatives Metal Carbonyl Anions Metal Carbonyl Derivatives of Olefins, Alkynes, and Aromatic Compounds (Arenes) Substituted Octahedral Metal Carbonyls Cyclopentadienylmetal Carbonyl Derivatives Cyclopentadienylmetal Nitrosyl Derivatives Biscyclopentadienyl Derivatives of Chromium, Molybdenum, and Tungsten Other Chromium, Molybdenum, and Tungsten Derivatives with Two π-Bonded Rings Miscellaneous Organochromium Compounds References Supplementary Reading QuestionsChapter IV. Organometallic Derivatives of Manganese, Technetium, and Rhenium Introduction The Dimetal Decacarbonyls Other Metal Carbonyl Derivatives π-Cyclopentadienyl Derivatives Miscellaneous Organometallic Derivatives References QuestionsChapter V. Organometallic Derivatives of Iron, Ruthenium, and Osmium Introduction Metallocenes Iron Carbonyls Iron Carbonyl Anions Iron Carbonyl Halide Derivatives Iron Carbonyl Sulfur Derivatives Iron Carbonyl Nitrosyl Derivatives Olefin Derivatives of Iron Carbonyls Cyclobutadienetricarbonyliron and Its Derivatives π-Allyliron Carbonyl Derivatives Reactions of Iron Carbonyls with Allenes and Cumulenes; Other Delocalized Systems Reactions of Acetylenes with Iron Carbonyls Fluorocarbon Derivatives of Iron Carbonyls Ruthenium and Osmium Carbonyl Derivatives Cyclopentadienylmetal Carbonyl Derivatives Benzene, Cyclohexadienyl, and Cyclohexadiene Derivatives References Supplementary Reading QuestionsChapter VI. Organometallic Derivatives of Cobalt, Rhodium, and Iridium Introduction Cobalt Carbonyls Other Cobalt Carbonyl Derivatives Rhodium and Iridium Carbonyls π-Cyclopentadienyl Derivatives Olefin Complexes (Rhodium) AUyl Derivatives (Rhodium) Cobalt Alkyls References Supplementary Reading QuestionsChapter VII. Organometallic Derivatives of Nickel, Palladium, and Platinum Introduction Organometallic Chemistry of Nickel π-Allyl Derivatives of Nickel, Palladium, and Platinum Alkyl Derivatives of Nickel, Palladium, and Platinum Olefin Complexes of Palladium and Platinum References Supplementary ReadingChapter VIII. Organometallic Derivatives of Copper, Silver, and Gold Text ReferencesSupplementary ReadingsAuthor IndexSubject Index