1. Introduction and Future Directions.- 1. INTRODUCTION.- 2. FUTURE DIRECTIONS.- 2. Palladium-Catalysed Synthesis of Mono-esters, -ketones, and aldehydes/alcohols.- 1. INTRODUCTION.- 2. METHOXYCARBONYLATION.- 3. PRECISE CONTROL OF THE OXO-SYNTHESIS.- 3. Production of Cooligomers from Carbon Monoxide and Ethene.- I. INTRODUCTION.- 2. OLIGOKETONE SYNTHESIS.- 3. BlDENTATE LIGANDS.- 4. TERMINATION MECHANISMS.- 5. CONTROLLING CHAIN GROWTH THROUGH THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE METALS.- 6. SELECTIVE FORMATION OF 3-PENTANONE.- 7. CONCLUSIONS.- 4. Catalytic Synthesis of Copolymers and Terpolymers.- 1. INTRODUCTION.- 2. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ALIPHATIC POLYKETONES.- 3. COPOLYMERIZATION.- 4. PROCESS DEVELOPMENT.- 5. DETAILED INvESTIGATION OF LIGAND EFFECTS.- 6. THE PHYSICAL STATE OF THE CATALYST.- 7. INITIAL CATALYST PERFORMANCE.- 8. ON THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF OXIDANT PROMOTORS.- 9. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK.- 5. Chain Transfer Mechanisms.- 1. INTRODUCTION.- 2. POLYMERIZATIONS.- 3. OLIGOMERIZATIONS.- 4. FORMATION OF ESTERS AND ACIDS.- 6. Stereochemical Aspects of Cooligomerization and Copolymerization.- 1. INTRODUCTION.- 2. AROMATIC OLEFINS (STYRENE).- 3. ALIPHATIC OLEFINS (PROPENE).- 4. CYCLOPOLYMERIZATION.- 5. FINAL REMARKS.- 7. Synthesis ofChiral, Optically Active Copolymers.- 1. INTRODUCTION.- 2. COPOLYMERIZATION OF PROPENE OR HIGHER I-ALKENES WITH CARBON MONOXIDE.- 3. COPOLYMERIZATION OF STYRENE OR ITS DERIVATIVES CARBON MONOXIDE.- 4. COPOLYMERIZATION OF OTHER OLEANS WITH CARBON MONOXIDE.- 5. ASYMMETRIC TERPOLYMERIZATION OF MORE THAN TWO KINDS OF OLEFINS WITH CARBON MONOXIDE.- 6. POLYKETONE CONFORMATION.- 7. CONCLUSION.- 8. Chain Propagation Mechanisms.- 1. INTRODUCTION.- 2. PALLADIUM (II) BASED SYSTEMS.- 3. NICKEL (II) BASED SYSTEMS.- 4. RHODIUM (I) BASED SYSTEMS.- 5. CONCLUSION.- 9. Theoretical Studies on Copolymerization of Polar Monomers.- 1. INTRODUCTION.- 2. COPOLYMERIZATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE WITH ETHYLENE.- 3. COPOLYMERIZATION OF OLEFINS WITH POLAR MONOMERS OTHER THAN CO.- 4. CONCLUDING REMARKS.
