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Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- 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

Designed for teaching, this book can be used as an introductory text for chemistry undergraduates and will also provide a bridge to more advanced courses.

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