Aspects of Homogeneous Catalysis

Large Transition Metal Clusters — Bridges between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysts?.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Large Clusters.- 3. Colloids.- 4. Supported Metal Particles.- 5. Large Clusters in Catalysis.- 6. Conclusions.- 7. References.- Transition Metal Catalyzed Synthesis of Organometallic Polymers.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Dehydrocoupling Reactions.- 3. Dehydrocoupling at Boron.- 4. Dehydrocoupling at Silicon.- 5. Si-H Self-Reaction Dehydrocoupling.- 6. Si-H Catalytic Reaction with E-H.- 7. Redistribution Reactions.- 8. Ring-Opening Catalysis.- 9. Future Directions.- 10. References.- Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heteroaromatic Nitrogen Compounds: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Hydrogenation of Mono and Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons.- 3. Hydrogenation of Mono and Polynuclear Heteroaromatic Nitrogen Compounds.- 4. High Pressure Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies: The Mechanism of Quinoline Hydrogenation with Cp*Rh2+.- 5. Conclusions.- 6. Acknowledgement.- 7. References.- Surface Organometallic Chemistry on Oxides, on Zeolites and on Metals.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Basic Rules Governing the Reactivity of Organometallic Compounds with Surfaces of Inorganic Oxides.- 3. Some Elementary Steps in Heterogeneous Catalysis from Well Defined Surface Organometallic Fragments.- 4. Surface Organometallic Chemistry as a Tool for Tailor Made Catalysts: Preparation of Bimetallic Particles from Bimetallic (or Heteropolynuclear) Clusters of Group VIII Metals.- 5. Surface Organometallic Chemistry on Zeolites: a New Approach for the Control of the Pore Opening Size.- 6. Surface Organometallic Chemistry on Metals: New Generation of Bimetallic Catalysts Obtained by Reaction of Complexes of Main Group Elements with Group VIIIMetals in Zero or Higher Oxidation State.- 7. Conclusion.- 8. References.