Organometallic Compounds of Low-Coordinate Si, Ge, Sn and Pb

Until recently the low-coordinate compounds of the heavier elementsof group 14 were known only as transient, unstable species whichwere difficult to isolate. However recent developments have led tothe stabilisation of these compounds and today heavier group 14element cations, radicals, anions, carbene analogues, alkene andalkyne analogues and aromatics have all been prepared as highlyreactive, stable, fully characterizable and readily availableorganometallic reagents.
Organometallic Compounds of Low-Coordinate Si, Ge, Sn andPb describes the chemistry of this exciting new class oforganometallics, with an emphasis on their major similarities anddifferences with the analogous species in organic chemistry. Topicscovered include include the synthesis, structure, reactions andsynthetic applications of :
* Si-, Ge-, Sn and Pb-centered cations, radicals and anions
* heavy analogues of carbenes: silylenes, germylenes, stannylenesand plumbylenes
* heavy analogues of alkenes: disilenes, digermenes, distannenes,diplumbenes
* heavy analogues of alkynes: disilynes, digermynes, distannynes,diplumbynes, and their valence isomers
* heteronuclear derivatives: silenes, germenes, stannenes,silagermenes, silastannenes, germastannenes
* heavy analogues of alkenes of the type:>E14=E13-,>E14=E15-,>E14=E16 [where E13,E14, E15 and E16 are elements ofthe groups 13, 14, 15 and 16]
* cyclic compounds (three-, four-, five-, and six-memberedrings)
* heavy analogues of 1,3-dienes, allenes and other cumulenes
* heavy analogues of aromatic compounds; including a comparisonbetween organometallic and organic aromaticity
Organometallic Compounds of Low-Coordinate Si, Ge, Sn andPb is an essential guide to this emerging class oforganometallic reagents for researchers and students in main group,organometallic, synthetic and silicon chemistry