Advances in Organometallic Chemistry (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, Volume 7 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
List of Contributors 6
Chapter 1. Some Personal Notes on More Than One-Half Century of Organometallic Chemistry 12
I. Grignard Reagents: Some General Procedures and Techniques 15
II. Organolithium Compounds 18
III. Relative Reactivities 22
IV. Metalation 26
V. Halogen–Metal Exchange 30
VI. Metal–Metal Exchange 32
VII. Catenation 36
VIII. Some Free-Radical Studies 39
IX. Solvent Coordination Effects 41
X. Physiological Action and Chemical Constitution 41
XI. Some World War II Studies 44
XII. Some Recent and Current Studies 45
XIII. What Constitutes Discovery ? 58
XIV. Epilogue 60
References 61
Chapter 2. Oxidative-Addition Reactions of d8 Complexes 64
I. Introduction 65
II. Mechanisms 69
III. Intermediate Examples 74
IV. Examples of Oxidative-Addition Reactions 78
V. Addition–Elimination Reactions 92
VI. Examples in Homogeneous Catalysis 95
References 101
Chapter 3. Keto Derivatives of Group IV Organometalloids 106
I. Introduction 107
II. Synthesis of Acylsilanes, Acylgermanes, and Acylstannanes 109
III. Spectra of Acylmetalloids 118
IV. The Structure of Acetyltriphenylgermane by X-Ray Diffraction Techniques 128
V. Reactions of Acylmetalloids 129
VI. Discussion of Acylmetalloids 141
VII. Bis(silyl) and Bis(germyl) Ketones 150
VIII. ß-Ketosilanes, ß-Ketogerrnanes, and ß-Ketostannanes 154
IX. Summary 163
References 164
Chapter 4. s-Alkyl and -Aryl Derivatives of Transition Metals 168
I. Introduction 168
II. General Preparative Methods 169
III. Physical Properties 179
IV. Reactions 189
References 215
Chapter 5. Organometallic Nitrosyls 222
I. Introduction 222
II. Bonding 223
III. Structural Data 224
IV. Preparations and Chemical Properties 227
V. Physical Data 241
References 247
Chapter 6. Recent Developments in the Organic Chemistry of Lead: Preparations and Reactions of Compounds with Pb–C, Pb–H, Pb–N, and Pb–O Bonds 252
I Introduction 253
II. The Pb—C Bond 256
III. The Pb—H Bond 277
IV. The Pb–N Bond 300
V. The Pb—O Bond 307
References 314
Author Index 324
Subject Index 340
Cumulative List of Contributors 346
Cumulative List of Titles 347