Advances in Organometallic Chemistry (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, Volume 2 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
List of Contributors 6
Chapter 1. Some Advances in the Organometallic Chemistry of Nickel 12
I. Introduction 13
II. Catalytic Reactions with Nickel Carbonyl 14
III. Substitution Reactions with Nickel Carbonyl 20
IV. Reactions of Nickel Carbonyl with Olefinic Compounds Yielding Isolable Complexes 23
V. Reactions of Nickel Carbonyl with Quinones and Olefins 28
VI. Reactions between Nickel Carbonyl and Acetylenes Which Yield Complexes 37
VII. Polymerization of Alkynes with Phosphine-Nickel Carbonyls 38
VIII. Catalytic Reactions of Bis(acrylonitrile)-Nickel and Derivatives 42
IX. Catalytic Cyclization of Dienes with New p Complexes of Nickel 49
X. Cyclopolymerization of Allene 56
References 56
Chapter 2. The Strengths of Metal-to- Carbon Bonds 60
I. Introduction 60
II. Definitions and Symbols 61
III. Heats of Formation of Organometallic Compounds—Experimental Methods 66
IV. Selected .Hf° Values of Organometallic Compounds 68
V. Metal–Carbon Bond Energy Term Values 107
VI. Mean Bond Dissociation Energies of Metal–CarbonBonds 109
VII. Metal–Carbon Bond Dissociation Energies 111
VIII. Redistribution Reactions of Metal Alkyls and Metal Halides 118
IX. Intrinsic Metal–Carbon Bond Energies 119
References 121
Chapter 3. Electronic Structure of Alkali Metal Adducts of Aromatic Hydrocarbons 126
I. Introduction 126
II. Theories of Chemical Reduction 127
III. Electron Affinities of Conjugated Hydrocarbons 130
IV. The Course of the Chemical Reduction 138
V. The Electronic Absorption Spectra of Negative Ions 143
VI. The Electron Distribution in the Anions 151
VII The Nature of Alkali Metal–Hydrocarbon Complexes in Solution 156
References 163
Chapter 4. Reactions of Alkali Metal Derivatives of Metal Carbonyls and Related Compounds 168
I. Introduction 169
II. Preparation of Anionic Metal Carbonyl Derivatives 172
III. Factors Determining Reactions of Alkali Metal Derivatives of Metal Carbonyls 180
IV. Derivatives of Vanadium, Niobium, and Tantalum 189
V. Derivatives of Chromium, Molybdenum, and Tungsten 193
VI. Derivatives of Manganese, Technetium, and Rhenium 213
VII. Derivatives of Iron and Ruthenium 229
VIII. Derivatives of Cobalt 245
IX. Derivatives of Nickel 260
References 261
Chapter 5. Heterocyclic Organoboranes 268
I. Introduction 268
II. General Reactions of Organoboranes 269
III. Syntheses of Heterocyclic Organoboranes with One Boron Atom 282
IV. Properties and Reactions of Heterocyclic Organoboranes with One Boron Atom 307
V. Heterocyclic Organohoranes with Two or More Boron Atoms 329
References 333
Chapter 6. Allyl Metal Complexes 336
I. Allyl Complexes of the Transition Metals 336
II. Classification of the Complexes and Speculations on the Existence of Others 368
III. Some Recent Work on Allyl Compounds of the Main Group Metals 369
References 371
Chapter 7. Synthesis of Cyclopentadienyl Metal Compounds 376
I. Introduction 376
II. Synthesis for Direct Formation of Cyclopentadienyl–Metal Bonds 377
III. Synthesis by Reactions of p-Bonded Cyclopentadienyl Metal Compounds 394
IV. Tabular Survey 396
References 415
Author Index 426
Subject Index 446