Organometallic Chemistry -- Contents -- 1 Theoretical Organometallic Chemistry -- Part I: s- and p-Block Metals -- 1 Introduction -- 2 s-Block Metals -- 2.1 Structural, Spectroscopic and Mechanistic Studies -- 3 p-Block Metals -- 3.1 Structural and Spectroscopic Studies -- 3.2 Mechanistic Studies -- References -- Part II: d- and f-Block Metals -- 4 Introduction -- 4.1 Structural and Spectroscopic Studies -- 4.2 Mechanistic Studies -- References -- 2 Groups 1 and 11: The Alkali and Coinage Metals -- 1 Alkali Metals -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Alkyl Derivatives -- 1.3 Alkenyl, Allyl, Vinyl, Alkynyl and Related Derivatives -- 1.4 Aryl Derivatives -- 1.5 Cyclopentadienyl and Related Derivatives -- 2 Copper, Silver and Gold -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Copper Compounds -- 2.3 Silver Compounds -- 2.4 Gold Compounds -- References -- 3 Group 2 (Be-Ba) and Group 12 (Zn-Hg) -- 1 Scope and Organisation of the Review -- 2 Group 2 -- 3 Group 12 -- References -- 4 Scandium, Yttrium and the Lanthanides -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical and Spectroscopic Studies -- 2.1 Gas Phase Experiments -- 2.2 Computational Studies -- 2.3 Spectroscopic Studies -- 3 New Compounds and Complexes -- 3.1 Simple Cyclopentadienyl Ancillaries -- 3.2 Mono- or Dialkyl-substituted Cyclopentadienyl Ancillaries -- 3.3 Cp* and Related Multialkylated Cyclopentadienyls -- 3.4 Indenyl and Related Ligands -- 3.5 Donor-substituted Cyclopentadienyls and Indenyls -- 3.6 Carboranes -- 3.7 ansa-Metallocene Systems -- 3.8 Cyclooctatetraene -- 3.9 Nitrogen Donor Ancillaries -- 3.10 Other Ancillaries -- 4 Polymerization Systems -- 4.1 Ethylene, Styrene and Other α-Olefins -- 4.2 Acrylates -- 4.3 Dienes -- 4.4 Copolymerization Systems -- 4.5 Lactones, Lactides and Other Polar Polymers -- 5 Lanthanides in Organic Synthesis -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5 Carboranes, Including Their Metal Complexes.

1 Introduction -- 2 Reviews -- 3 Carboranes -- 3.1 Composition C2B, C2B3 and C3B3 -- 3.2 Composition C2B7 and C2B8 -- 3.3 Composition C4B8 -- 3.4 Composition CB9, CB10 and CB11 -- 3.5 Composition C2B9 -- 3.6 Composition C2B10 and Related Complexes -- 4 Metallacarboranes -- 4.1 Composition MC2B3 and MC2B4 and Related Compounds -- 4.2 Composition MCB6 and Related Compounds -- 4.3 Composition MC2B8 -- 4.4 Composition MC2B9, MCB10 and MC2B10 -- 5 Complexes with Sn -- References -- 6 Group 13: Boron, Aluminium, Gallium, Indium and Thallium -- 1 Boron -- 1.1 General -- 1.2 Compounds Containing Group 15 Atoms -- 1.3 Compounds Containing Oxygen Atoms -- 1.4 Compounds Containing Halogen Atoms -- 1.5 Compounds Containing a Metal Atom -- 2 Aluminium -- 2.1 General -- 2.2 Compounds Containing Group 15 Atoms -- 2.3 Compounds Containing Group 16 Atoms -- 2.4 Compounds Containing Halogen Atoms -- 2.5 Compounds Containing Another Metal Atom -- 3 Gallium -- 3.1 General -- 3.2 Compounds Containing Group 15 Atoms -- 3.3 Compounds Containing Group 16 or 17 Atoms -- 3.4 Compounds Containing Another Metal -- 4 Indium -- References -- 7 Group 15, Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth -- 1 Phosphorus -- 2 Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth -- References -- 8 Metal Carbonyls -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reviews -- 3 Theoretical, Spectroscopic and General Studies -- 3.1 Theoretical Studies -- 3.2 Spectroscopic Studies -- 3.3 General Studies -- 4 Chemistry of the Metal Carbonyls -- 4.1 Titanium, Zirconium and Hafnium -- 4.2 Vanadium, Niobium and Tantalum -- 4.3 Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten -- 4.4 Manganese, Technetium and Rhenium -- 4.5 Iron, Ruthenium and Osmium -- 4.6 Cobalt, Rhodium and Iridium -- 4.7 Nickel, Palladium and Platinum -- 4.8 Copper, Silver and Gold -- 4.9 Polynuclear Carbonyls Containing Two or More Different Metals -- References.

9 Compounds Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Titanium and Manganese, Including Carbenes and Carbynes -- Part I: Group 4 -- References -- Part II: Group 7 -- References -- 10 Organo-Transition Metal Cluster Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Reviews -- 3 Spectroscopic Studies -- 3.1 IR and Raman -- 3.2 NMR -- 3.3 MS -- 3.4 Magnetic Circular Dichroism -- 4 Theory -- 5 Structural Studies -- 6 Large Clusters -- 6.1 Homonuclear High-nuclearity Clusters -- 6.2 Heteronuclear High-nuclearity Clusters -- 7 Group 4 -- 8 Group 6 -- 8.1 Chromium -- 8.2 Molybdenum -- 8.3 Tungsten -- 9 Group 7 -- 10 Group 8 -- 10.1 Iron -- 10.2 Ruthenium -- 10.3 Osmium -- 10.4 Mixed-metal Clusters Containing Only Group 8 Metals -- 11 Group 9 -- 11.1 Cobalt -- 11.2 Rhodium and Iridium -- 11.3 Mixed-metal Clusters Containing Only Group 9 Metals -- 11.4 Group 9 Clusters as Catalysts -- 12 Group 10 -- 12.1 Nickel -- 12.2 Palladium -- 12.3 Platinum -- 13 Group 11 -- 13.1 Copper -- 13.2 Silver -- 13.3 Gold -- 13.4 Mixed-metal Clusters Containing Only Group 11 Metals -- 14 Group 12 -- 15 Mixed-metal Clusters -- 15.1 Group 4 -- 15.2 Group 6 -- 15.3 Group 7 -- 15.4 Group 8 -- 15.5 Group 9 -- 15.6 Group 10 -- 15.7 Group 11 -- 15.8 Clusters Containing Three Different Metals -- References -- 11 Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Iron, Cobalt and Nickel, Including Carbenes and Carbynes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reviews and Articles of General Interest -- 3 Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds Involving Group 8, 9 and 10 Metals -- 3.1 The Iron Triad -- 3.2 The Cobalt Triad -- 3.3 The Nickel Triad -- 4 Carbene and Carbyne Complexes of Group 8, 9 and 10 -- References -- 12 Hydrocarbon Transition Metal π-Complexes Other Than η-C5H5 and η-Arene Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reviews -- 3 Complexes Containing Allyls or Monoalkenes -- 3.1 Cr, Mo, W -- 3.2 Fe, Ru, Os.

3.3 Co, Rh, Ir -- 3.4 Ni, Pd, Pt -- 3.5 Other Metals -- 4 Complexes Containing Unconjugated Alkenes -- 5 Complexes Containing Cyclic Conjugated Alkenes -- 6 Complexes Containing Acyclic Alkenes -- 7 Complexes Containing Alkynes -- 8 Polymetallic Complexes -- 8.1 Bimetallic Complexes -- 8.2 Heterobimetallic Complexes -- 8.3 Multimetallic Complexes -- 8.4 Ferrocenyl-containing Complexes -- References -- 13 Transition Metal Complexes of Cyclopentadienyl Ligands -- 1 General Introduction -- 2 Main Group, Lanthanides and Actinides -- 3 Titanium, Zirconium and Hafnium -- 4 Vanadium, Niobium and Tantalum -- 5 Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten -- 6 Manganese and Rhenium -- 7 Iron, Ruthenium and Osmium -- 7.1 General Chemistry -- 7.2 Syntheses -- 7.3 Coordination Studies -- 7.4 Materials -- 7.5 Spectroscopy -- 7.6 Asymmetric Synthesis -- 8 Cobalt, Rhodium and Iridium -- 9 Nickel, Palladium and Platinum -- References -- Author Index.