Inorganic Oxide-attached Metal Catalysts.- 1. Introduction.- 2. General Features of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysts.- 3. General Aspects of the Development of Attached Metal Catalysts.- 4. Physical Techniques for the Characterization of Surface-attached Species.- 5. Polymers and Inorganic Oxides as Supports.- 6. Surface Hydroxyl Groups on Inorganic Oxides.- 7. The Functionalization of Inorganic Oxide Surfaces.- 8. Attached Metal Complex Catalysts.- 9. Tailored Metal Catalysts.- 10. Concluding Remarks.- References.- Polymer-attached Catalysts.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Polymer-anchored Catalysts.- 3. Polymer-protected Colloidal Catalysts.- 4. Concluding Remarks.- References.- The Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts from Mononuclear Carbonyl Complexes on Inorganic Supports.- General Aspects of Catalyst Preparation.- 3. Group VI Carbonyl Complexes.- 4. Group VIII Carbonyl Complexes.- 5. Group V Carbonyl Complexes.- 6. Concluding Remarks.- 7. Literature Update.- References.- Surface-supported Metal Clusters and their Catalysis in CO-based Reactions.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Preparation and Characterization of Surface-supported Metal Clusters.- 3. Selectivity Aspects of Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) Synthesis with Supported Metal Carbonyls.- 4. Carbonylation Reactions Catalyzed by Cluster-impregnated Catalysts.- 5. Synthesis of Oxygenated Carbon Compounds from Synthesis Gas.- References.- Asymmetrically Modified Nickel Catalysts.- 1. Introduction.- 2. General Considerations in Reactions Relating to MNi.- 3. MNi as a Practical Enantio-differentiating Hydrogenation Catalyst.- 4. MNi, its Structure and Mode of Action.- 5. Conclusions.- References.
