Advances in Organometallic Chemistry

Contributors

Chapter One. Homogeneous Organometallic Chemistry of Methane

1 Introduction

2 Inspiration: The Early Days of Hydrocarbon Activation

3 Oxidative Addition

4 σ-Bond Metathesis

5 1,2-Addition

6 Metalloradicals

7 1,3-Addition

8 Electrophilic Carbene Insertion

9 Conclusions

References

Chapter Two. Supramolecular Self-assembly of Transition Metal Carbonyl Molecules Through M–CO(Lone Pair)…π(Arene) Interactions

1 Introduction

2 Data Mining

3 Supramolecular Aggregation Based on M–CO(Lone Pair)…π(Arene) Interactions

4 Thio- and Selenocarbonyl Analogues

5 Strength and Correlations

6 Conclusions and Outlook

References

Chapter Three. Metallabenzenes and Metallabenzenoids

1 Introduction

2 Synthetic Routes to Metallabenzenes and Metallabenzenoids

3 The Chemistry of Metallabenzenes and Metallabenzenoids

4 Structural and Spectroscopic Studies

5 Bonding in Metallabenzenes

6 Concluding Remarks

References