Main Group Metal Organometallics In Organic Synthesis

The individual chapters in this volume cover the scope and impact of main group organometallic compounds and reagents on organic synthesis during the last ten to fifteen years. In a number of chapters, topics are dealt with in detail that either were not covered at all in COMC (eg selenium, tellurium) or were given scant attention (eg oxymercuration, organoantimony compounds). Certain topics, like directed metallation and LiKOR bases have only achieved prominence in synthesis in the last ten years, and are now reviewed by leading experts.

More and more possible applications of organometallic compounds in organic synthesis have been uncovered and a growing number of scientists are attracted to this area of research. This book presents an state-of-the-art account of the successful application of main- and transition metal mediated syntheses. It will stimulate new ideas and initiate further research in all areas of this fascinating chemistry.

Bridges the gap between the typical organic and organometallic texts by providing a current overall description of the chemistry of organometallics in organic synthesis in a digested form. Offers a highly systematic and logical account of virtually all the important aspects of the use of organometallics in organic synthesis. Primarily treats the reactant-product relationship, as well as some tentative but reasonable interpretations provided by the authors of individual papers and the author of this book. Over 1,200 references are cited, along with the great majority of relevant reviews and monographs.

. Covers the literature in depth from 1982-1994, thus building on the original nine volumes . 14 volume set . 8750 pages approx . Volumes 1-9 provide a detailed account of the organic chemistry of both main group and transition elements . Volume 10 deals with compounds containing heteronuclear metal-metal bonds . Volume 11 describes the use of main group organometallic compounds in organic synthesis . Volume 12 is devoted to the use of transition metal orgnometallic compounds in organic synthesis . Volume 13 consists of a comprehensive index of all organometallic structures studied by diffraction methods . Volume 14 contains subject and formula indexes covering Volumes 1-12

This widely acclaimed serial contains authoritative reviews that address all aspects of organometallic chemistry, a field which has expanded enormously since the publication of Volume 1 in 1964. Almost all branchesof chemistry now interface with organometallic chemistry--the study of compounds containing carbon metal bonds. Organometallic compounds range from species which are so reactive that they only have a transient existence at ambient temperatures to species which are thermally very stable. Organometallics are used extensively in the synthesis of useful compounds on both large and small scales. Industrial processes involving plastics, polymers, electronic materials, and pharmaceuticals all depend on advancements in organometallic chemistry. In basic research, organometallics have contributed inter alia to: Metal cluster chemistry Surface chemistry The stabilization of highly reactive species by metal coordination Chiral synthesis The formulation of multiple bonds between carbon and the other elements and between the elements themselves

Although organotransition metal chemistry has been developing rapidly over the past 20 years, it is only recently that applications of transition metal complexes to organic synthesis have started to be exploited. This unique book provides an introduction to organometallic chemistry for chemists who have little or no experience in the field, describes the work that has already been done using organotransition metal complexes for synthesis, and indicates to organic and organometallic chemists the type of synthetic problems that can be solved using organometallic compounds. It covers all major advances that have been made in this rapidly expanding area of chemistry, including not only reactions that already have well established applications for synthesis but also many recently discovered potentially useful reactions, providing a survey of recent literature.

The Book Is A Revised Edition Of A Lucid And Stimulating Introductory Account Of Organometallic Chemistry, An Exciting And Rapidly Developing Interdisciplinary Branch Of Science.A Characteristic Feature Of This Book Is The Presentation Of An Integrated (Covering Different Facets Usually Dealt With Either In Organic Or/And Inorganic Texts) View Of The Rapidly Developing Field Of Organometallic Chemistry. Attempts Have Been Made To Choose The Latest Examples To Illustrate The Fundamental Properties As Well As The Synthetic Procedures Of Organometallic Chemistry. Other Features Include: (A) An Interesting Brief Historical Background Of The Subject Including Some Quotations From Relevant Nobel Lecture Accounts Of Epoch Making Advances By The Discoverers Themselves, (B) The Adoption As Far As Possible Of The Iupac Rules Of Nomenclature, (C) A Brief Account Of The Rapidly Emerging Organometallic Chemistry Of The F-Elements, And (D) Inclusion Of Study Questions At The End Of Each Chapter.During The Revision Of The Book, The Latest Examples Have Replaced The Older Ones Wherever Feasible. The Book Would Be Extremely Useful As A Basic Text For B.Sc. (Hons.) And M.Sc. Chemistry Students.

THE textbook on organometallic chemistry. Comprehensive and up-to-date, the German original is already a classic, making this third completely revised and updated English edition a must for graduate students and lecturers in chemistry, inorganic chemists, chemists working with/on organometallics, bioinorganic chemists, complex chemists, and libraries. Over one third of the chapters have been expanded to incorporate developments since the previous editions, while the chapter on organometallic catalysis in synthesis and production appears for the first time in this form. From the reviews of the first English editions: 'The selection of material and the order of its presentation is first class ... Students and their instructors will find this book extraordinarily easy to use and extraordinarily useful.' -Chemistry in Britain 'Elschenbroich and Salzer have written the textbook of choice for graduate or senior-level courses that place an equal emphasis on main group element and transition metal organometallic chemistry. ... this book can be unequivocally recommended to any teacher or student of organometallic chemistry.' - Angewandte Chemie International Edition 'The breadth and depth of coverage are outstanding, and the excitement of synthetic organometallic chemistry comes across very strongly.' - Journal of the American Chemical Society