Advances in Organometallic Chemistry (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, Volume 33 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Chapter 1. Boron Atoms in Transition Metal Clusters 8
I. Introduction 8
II. Clusters Based on Homonuclear Dimetal Units 9
III. Clusters Based on Homonuclear Trimetal Units 12
IV. Clusters Based on Homonuclear Tetrametal Units 25
V. Clusters with Mixed Metal Frameworks 40
VI. Clusters Containing Interstitial Boron Atoms 41
VII. Concluding Remarks 43
VIII. Appendix I: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Data and Availability of Structural Data for Metallaborane Clusters with a Ratio of M and B Atoms of at Least 1 : 1 44
IX. Appendix II: Selected Bond Distances for Structurally Characterized Metalloborane Clusters with a Ratio of M and B Atoms of at Least 1 : 1 48
References 55
Chapter 2. Organometallic Ions and Ion Pairs 58
I. Introduction 59
II. Carbonylmetallate Anions as Electron Donors in Charge-Transfer Salts 61
III. Thermal Annihilation of Carbonylmetallate Anions by Carbonylmetal cations 79
IV. Electron-Transfer Equilibria for Contact Ion Pairs 94
V. Nucleophilic and Electron-Transfer Processes in Ion-Pair Annihilation 103
VI. Bis(arene)iron(II) Dications as Electron Acceptors 113
VII. Conclusions 124
References 125
Chapter 3. Structure and Bonding in the Parent Hydrides and Multiply Bonded Silicon and Germanium Compounds: from MHn to R2M=M’R2 and RM= M’R 132
I. Introduction 132
II. Preliminary Considerations 136
III. Doubly Bonded Components and Their Isomers 148
IV. Triply Bonded Compounds 168
V. Conclusions 172
References 173
Chapter 4. Organotin Heterocycles 178
I. Introduction 178
II. Heterocycles Containing Tin-Group I4 Element Bonds 179
III. Heterocycles Containing Tin-Group 15 Element Bonds 192
IV. Heterocycles Containing Tin-Group 16 Element Bonds 203
V. Stannatranes and Related Systems 224
VI. Heterocycles Containing Tin - Transition Element Bonds 227
VII. Concluding Remarks 234
References 234
Chapter 5. Halogenoalkyl Complexes of Transition Metals 242
I. Introduction 242
II. Monohalogenomethyl Transition Metal Complexes 243
III. .-Monohalogenoalkyl Transition Metal Complexes 280
IV. Concluding Remarks 290
References 292
Chapter 6. Bulky or Supracyclopentadienyl Derivatives in Organometallic Chemistry 298
I. Introduction 298
II. Syntheses of Supracyclopentadienes 307
III. Synthetic Methods for Bulky Cyclopentadienyl Metal Complexes 317
IV. Concepts for Using Bulky Cyclopentadienes 323
V. Conclusions 358
VI. Appendix: Tabulation of Bulky Cyclopentadienyl Metal Complexes 359
References 387
Index 402
Cumulative List of Contributors 412