Advances in Organometallic Chemistry (eBook)

Cover 1
Advances in Organometallic Chemistry 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Contributors 8
Chapter 1. Hydrazide-Based Hypercoordinate Silicon Compounds 10
I. Introduction 10
II. Neutral Pentacoordinate Complexes 11
III. Neutral Hexacoordinate Silicon Complexes 26
IV. Stable Pentacoordinate Siliconium Complexes 81
V. Spin–Spin Interactions Through the N–Si Dative Bond 98
VI. Zwitterionic Pentacoordinate (Benzimidato-N,O)silicates 104
References 111
Chapter 2. Transition Metal Complexes Bearing a Phosphenium Ligand 116
I. Introduction 117
II. Formation of Cationic Phosphenium Complexes 117
III. Reactivity of Cationic Phosphenium Complexes 123
IV. Competitive Reactions with Cationic Phosphenium Complex Formation 129
V. Physical Properties and M–P Bond Nature of Cationic Phosphenium Complexes 130
VI. Theoretical Approach to Cationic Phosphenium Complexes 139
VII. Comparison between Cationic Phosphenium Complexes and Silylene Complexes 145
VIII. Concluding Remarks 149
References 150
Chapter 3. Synthesis of Organosilicon Compounds by New Direct Reactions 154
I. Introduction 154
II. Direct Reaction of Elemental Silicon with Alkyl Chlorides 157
III. Direct Reaction of Elemental Silicon with Activated Alkyl Chlorides 169
IV. Direct Reaction of Elemental Silicon with Polychloromethanes 172
V. Direct Reaction of Elemental Silicon with (Polychlorinated Methyl)silanes 176
VI. Direct Reaction of Elemental Silicon with a Mixture of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons and Hydrogen Chloride 181
VII. Conclusions and Prospects 184
References 184
Chapter 4. Transition Metal Complexes Containing All-Carbon Ligands 188
I. Introduction 189
II. Complexes Containing Cn Chains 194
III. Complexes Containing Cyclic Cn Ligands 283
IV. Spectroscopic Properties, Molecular Structures, Electrochemistry and Electronic Structures of {MLx}2(m-Cn) Complexes 287
V. Reactivity 319
VI. Reactions of Complexes Containing Linear Cn Ligands with Metal Substrates 327
VII. Complexes Containing One Metal Cluster 335
VIII. Complexes Containing Two Cluster End-Groups 349
IX. Metal Clusters Containing Cn Ligands 363
X. Abbreviations 431
References 432
Index 454
Cumulative Index For Volumes 1–36 464
Cumulative Index For Volumes 37–50 468