Organometallic chemistry explores the chemistry of the often bewildering variety of compounds featuring metal-carbon bonds. A field that has underpinned the development of new synthetic methods and materials, it is also central to our understanding of catalysis. In his text, Manfred Bochmann distils the extensive knowledge of the field into a succinct overview of essential concepts. The book is enriched throughout with examples that demonstrate how our understanding of organometallic chemistry has led to new applications in research and industry - not least in relation to catalysis - and an extensive reaction schemes and structures give added clarity to the concepts being explained. Striking just the right balance between breadth and depth - and with features throughout to support the learning process - Organometallics and Catalysis is the perfect introduction for undergraduate and graduate students who need a thorough grounding on the subject or are embarking on new research areas.

Preface v

General Information viii

Ligand Nomenclature x

1. Organometallic Compound of Main Group Elements 1

1.1 General and Bonding Considerations 2

1.2 Alkali metal organometallics: Lithium 8

1.3 Organometallic Compounds of Earth Alkali Metals 18

1.4 Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury 28

1.5 Organometallic Compounds of the Boron Group 38

1.6 Organometallic Compounds of the Carbon Group 64

2. Organometallic Compound of Transition Metals 81

2.1 Ligand Types 84

2.2 Common Types of rganometallic Complexes 86

2.3 Electron Counting and the 16/18-Electron Rule 91

2.4 Ligand Properties and Metal-Ligand Bonding 96

2.5 L-Type π-Acceptor Ligands : Metal Carbonyl Complexes 110

2.6 L-Type π-Acceptor Ligands: Alkene, Dienes and Alkynes 139

2.7 LX-Type π-Acceptor Ligands : Allyl and Enyl Complexes 169

2.8 L2X-Type π-Acceptor Ligands : Metallocene Complexes MCp2 180

2.9 Arene Complexes 212

2.10 Sigma Complexes 228

2.11 Complexes with M-C σ-Bonds 235

2.12 Alkylidene Complexes 275

2.13 Complexes with MC Triple bonds: Carbynes 293

3. Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Transition Metal Complexes 299

3.1 General Considerations 301

3.2 Key Reaction Steps in Homogeneous Catalysis 304

3.3 Catalytic H-H and H-X Additions 311

3.4 Catalytic Carbonylations 332

3.5 Alkene Oxidations 341

3.6 Coupling Reactions 343

3.7 Alkene Polymerisations 349

Appendix 1 Commonly used solvents and their properties 369

Appendix 2 Number and symmetry of infrared-active vibrations of metal carbonyl complexes 373

Appendix 3 Answers to Exercises 374

Appendix 4 Further Reading 393

Index 405

Manfred Bochmann is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Director of the Wolfson Materials and Catalysis Centre at the University of East Anglia where his research centres broadly around synthetic organometallic and coordination chemistry directed towards homogeneous catalysis. A former Head of the School of Chemistry, in 2003 he was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry Medal for Organometallic Chemistry. Professor Bochmann is the author of two Oxford Chemistry Primers on organometallic chemistry, and is an Associate Editor of the journal Organometallics.

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