Introduction to Metal π-Complex Chemistry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. History, Classification, and Nomenclature

   • Minoru Tsutsui, Morris N. Levy, Akira Nakamura, Mitsuo Ichikawa, Kan Mori

   Pages 1-12

3. Preparation of Metal π-Complexes

   • Minoru Tsutsui, Morris N. Levy, Akira Nakamura, Mitsuo Ichikawa, Kan Mori

   Pages 13-27

4. Nature of the π-Complex Bond

   • Minoru Tsutsui, Morris N. Levy, Akira Nakamura, Mitsuo Ichikawa, Kan Mori

   Pages 29-48

5. Spectroscopic and Magnetic Properties of Metal π-Complexes

   • Minoru Tsutsui, Morris N. Levy, Akira Nakamura, Mitsuo Ichikawa, Kan Mori

   Pages 49-88

6. Structure and Structure Determination

   • Minoru Tsutsui, Morris N. Levy, Akira Nakamura, Mitsuo Ichikawa, Kan Mori

   Pages 89-117

7. Reactions of Metal π-Complexes

   • Minoru Tsutsui, Morris N. Levy, Akira Nakamura, Mitsuo Ichikawa, Kan Mori

   Pages 119-170

8. Catalysis Involving Metal π-Complex Intermediates

   • Minoru Tsutsui, Morris N. Levy, Akira Nakamura, Mitsuo Ichikawa, Kan Mori

   Pages 171-199

9. Back Matter

   Pages 200-210

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The Plenum Press series, Monographs in Inorganic Chemistry, is intended to fill an obvious need for high-level surveys of recent research in that area, particularly in matters which go beyond the traditional or classical bound­ aries of the subject. The study of n-bonding of hydrocarbon groups (and their derivatives) to metals is exactly that kind of subject, for it provides a new way of understanding the behavior of metals (which constitute four-fifths of all the chemical elements). In addition, n-bonding has expanded the intriguing area of organometallic chemistry threefold, bringing in all the transition metals, the lanthanides, and the actinides. So much has been discovered and developed in the area of n-bonded "complexes" of the metals that important new industrial processes based on such substances have been developed. A truly comprehensive review of all n-bonded compounds of the metals would now result in an impossibly large and expensive volume, and would require monthly revision. Instead, the present authors have wisely decided to write a survey which outlines the general aspects of preparation, properties, structure, reactions, and uses of such compounds-a survey which can serve as a textbook, but which can also lead the more experienced practitioner to the most advanced literature on the subject. They have clarified and condensed the subject by means of good organization and a liberal use of diagrams-features which will please the general reader.

• chemical bond
• chemistry
• complex chemistry
• inorganic chemistry
• lanthanum
• lead
• metals
• organic chemistry
• organometallic chemistry
• reactions
• transition metal

• Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

  Minoru Tsutsui

• Chemical and Solvent Distillers, Astoria, USA

  Morris N. Levy

• Department of Synthetic Chemistry, Osaka University, Toyonaka City, Osaka, Japan

  Akira Nakamura

• Research Laboratories, Japan Synthetic Rubber Company, Kawasaki City, Japan

  Mitsuo Ichikawa

• Basic Research Division, Japan Synthetic Rubber Company, Kawasaki City, Japan

  Kan Mori

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