Intro
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Preface
Author Biography
Contents
Section 1: Basics
Chapter 1 What is Organometallic Chemistry
1.1 Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry
1.2 Coordination Chemistry
1.3 Organometallic Chemistry
References
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts Relating to Organometallic Complexes
2.1 Introduction
2.2 EAN Rule
2.3 Eighteen Electron Rule (18e Rule)
2.4 Electron Counting
2.4.1 Transition Metal
2.4.2 Ligand
2.4.3 Total Charge of the Complex
2.4.4 Importance of Electron Counting

3.3.2 Ligand Field Theory (LFT)
3.3.3 Reason for the Establishment of the 18e Rule
3.4 Reason Why a Four-coordinate d8 Complex Adopts a Square-planar Structure
References
Chapter 4 Carbonyl, Olefin and Phosphine Complexes
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Carbonyl Complexes
4.3 Olefin Complexes
4.3.1 Change in Oxidation State of the Metal
4.3.2 Substituents on the Olefin
4.3.3 Fluxionality: Olefin Rotational Motion
4.3.4 C C Double Bond Length of the Olefin
4.3.5 Bent Back Angle of the Olefin
4.4 Phosphine Complexes
References

Chapter 5 Carbene Complexes
Complexes with M C Double Bonds
5.1 History of Carbene Complexes
5.2 Properties of Carbene Complexes
5.3 Reactivity of Carbene Complexes
References
Chapter 6 Basic Reactions of Organometallic Complexes
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Oxidative Addition
6.2.1 Vaska's Complex
6.2.2 C-H Bond Activation
6.2.3 Orthometallation
6.2.4 Ease of Oxidative Addition
6.3 Reductive Elimination
6.3.1 Reductive Elimination in cis-[MR2L2] (L = Phosphine, M = Ni, Pd, Pt)
6.3.2 Ease of Reductive Elimination