Organometallics of the f-Elements

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Cyclopentadienyl Compounds of the Actinide Elements

   • Basil Kanellakopulos

   Pages 1-35

3. Electronic Structure of f-Block Compounds

   • Norman M. Edelstein

   Pages 37-79

4. Organometallic Compounds with Lanthanide — Carbon Sigma Bonds, One of the Last Problems in Organometallic Chemistry

   • Herbert Schumann

   Pages 81-112

5. Properties of Actinide-To-Carbon Sigma Bonds

   • Paul J. Fagan, Juan M. Manriquez, Tobin J. Marks

   Pages 113-148

6. Preparation and Chemistry of Uranocenes

   • Andrew Streitwieser Jr.

   Pages 149-177

7. Kinetically-Stable Lanthanide Metal Alkyls and Bridging Methyls

   • J. Holton, M. F. Lappert, D. G. H. Ballard, R. Pearce, J. L. Atwood, W. E. Hunter

   Pages 179-220

8. Lability and Stability in f-Transition Metal Organocompounds: Some Applications of Unusual Ligands and Techniques to Their Synthesis

   • Kenneth W. Bagnall

   Pages 221-248

9. The Structure and Bonding of 4f and 5f Series Organometallic Compounds

   • Kenneth N. Raymond

   Pages 249-280

10. Optical Spectroscopy of f-Element Compounds

    • W. T. Carnall

    Pages 281-307

11. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for Rare Earth Complexes: Theory

    • Bruce R. McGarvey

    Pages 309-336

12. NMR-Spectroscopy of Organometallic Compounds of the f-Elements: Practical Applications

    • R. Dieter Fischer

    Pages 337-377

13. Catalysis and other Applications of f-Element Organometallics

    • Alessandro Mazzei

    Pages 379-393

14. Mössbauer Spectroscopy of 237Np Organometallic Compounds

    • D. G. Karraker

    Pages 395-420

15. Photoelectron Spectroscopy

    • Ignazio L. Fragalà

    Pages 421-466

16. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Some Organometallic Compounds of Actinides

    • Jean Goffart

    Pages 467-496

17. Back Matter

    Pages 497-517

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While the organometallic chemistry of the d-block transition elements has been a flourishing field for the past 25 years, it has only been in the last several years that dramatic activity and progJ'ess has occurred in the area of lanthanide and actinide organometallic chemistry. The f. -element organometallic research effort has been truly multinational and multidisciplinary. In a large number of countries, sCientists have become increasingly interested in the synthesis, reactivity, spectroscopy, and the molecular and electronic structures of f-element organometallic compounds. The backgrounds of these scientists range from organic, inorganic, nuclear, and catalytic chemistry to chemical and nuclear physics. The motivations for the study of f-element organometallics have been equally varied. In the area of basic research, there has been a growing realization that the lanthanides and actinides represent two unique and, to a great extent, neglected families of elements in which many fascinating aspects of chemistry and bonding remain to be explored. On a more practical level, an increasing number of these elements play important roles in nuclear energy production and in industrial catalytic processes. It has become apparent that efficiency and safety in both areas could greatly benefit from increased knowledge. In the past there has been no suitable international forum available for bringing together researchers in the diverse areas of f-element organometallic science mentioned above.

• Organometallic chemistry
• catalysis
• chemical bond
• chemistry
• energy
• nuclear magnetic resonance
• spectroscopy
• stability
• synthesis
• transition element
• transition metal

• Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

  Tobin J. Marks

• Institut für Anorganische und Angewandte Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg 13, West Germany

  R. Dieter Fischer

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