Preface Introduction Historical Development and Current Trends in Organometallic Chemistry Demarcation and Classification of Organometallic Compounds Enery, Polarity and Reactivity of the M-C Bond MAIN-GROUP ORGANOMETALLICS Methods of Preparation in Perspective Alkali Organometallics Organometallics of Group 2 and 12 Organometallics of the Boron Group (Group 13) Organoelement Compounds of the Carbon Group (Group 14) Organoelement Compounds of Selenium and Tellurium (Group 16) Organometallics of Copper, Silver and Gold (Group 11) ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS OF THE TRANSITION ELEMENTS The 18-Valence-Electron (18-VE) Rule U-Donor Ligands U-Donor/O-Acceptor Ligands U, O-Donor O-Acceptor Ligands Metals - Metal Bonds and Transition Metal Atom Clusters Organometallic Catalysis Literature Appendix Author Index Subject Index.
