History of Organometallic Chemistry -- History of Organometallic Chemistry -- Structures of the Transition-Metal Complexes -- Monometallic Transition-Metal Complexes -- Bimetallic Transition-Metal Complexes and Clusters -- The Stoichiometric Reactions of Transition-Metal Complexes -- Redox Reactions, Oxidative Addition and ?-Bond Metathesis -- Reactions of Nucleophiles and Electrophiles with Complexes -- Ligand Substitution Reactions -- Insertion and Extrusion Reactions -- The Main Families of Organometallic Complexes -- Metal Carbonyls and Complexes of Other Monohapto L Ligands -- Metal-Alkyl and -Hydride Complexes and Other Complexes of Monohapto X Ligands -- Metal-Carbene and -Carbyne Complexes and Multiple Bonds with Transition Metals -- ? Complexes of Mono- and Polyenes and Enyls -- Metallocenes and Sandwich Complexes -- Ionic and Polar Metal-Carbon Bonds: Alkali and Rare-Earth Complexes -- Covalent Chemistry of the Organoelements of Frontier (11, 12) and Main (13–16) Groups -- Catalysis -- to Catalysis -- Hydrogenation and Hydroelementation of Alkenes -- Transformations of Alkenes and Alkynes -- Oxidation of Olefins -- C-H Activation and Functionalization of Alkanes and Arenes -- Carbonylation and Carboxylation Reactions -- Bio-Organometallic Chemistry: Enzymatic Catalysis -- Heterogeneous Catalysis -- Applications in Organic Synthesis -- Organometallic Complexes in Organic Synthesis Examples of Applications.