General Properties of Organometallic Complexes. Metal Alkyls, Aryls, and Hydrides and Related sigma;-Bonded Ligands. Carbonyls, Phosphine Complexes, and Ligand Substitution Reactions. Complexes of pi;-Bound Ligands. Oxidative Addition and Reductive Elimination. Insertion and Elimination. Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Addition and Abstraction. Homogeneous Catalysis.

Characterization of Organometallic Compounds. Carbenes, Metathesis, and Polymerization. The Activation of Small Molecules. Clusters and the Metal-Metal Bond. Applications to Organic Synthesis. Oxidation and High-Oxidation-State Complexes. Bioorganometallic Chemistry. Useful Texts on Allied Topics.

Major Reaction Types. Solutions to Problems. Index.