Product Description

The interaction of transition metals with unsaturated molecules has led to fundamental insights in the nature of the chemical bond which, in turn, has provided the basis of important present-day applications such as transition metal mediated synthesis or homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. This slim volume outlines the chemistry and discusses the bonding in of some of the most important classes of organometallic compounds: the complexes of transition metals with Pi-ligands such as alkenes, alkynes, arenes, and cyclopentadienyl and allyl ligands. The material covered follows on from Organometallics I which covers the chemistry of complexes with metal-carbon delta-bonds. Synthetic and reactivity aspects of each class of compounds are illustrated with pertinent examples from the recent chemical literature. Highlighted excursions relate the fundamental chemistry to current synthetic or catalytic applications.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #193559 in Books
• Published on: 1994-03-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Customer Reviews

Second of Bochmann's books. Get this and the first one.
My review for the first book "Organometallics 1" applies here. This book is much of a continuation of the first and together they form some sort of whole. It's still clearly written, explaining clearly the undergraduate organometallics material you'll be expected to know if you do a chemistry degree. Top notch introduction to the subject, the two volumes.

As an aside, I think it's wrong that the price of the Oxford primers has gone up in the last couple of years. The same books that now cost 9.99 used to be just 6.99. Some inflation!