Organometallics 3E

THE textbook on organometallic chemistry. Comprehensive and up-to-date, the German original is already a classic, making this third completely revised and updated English edition a must for graduate students and lecturers in chemistry, inorganic chemists, chemists working with/on organometallics, bioinorganic chemists, complex chemists, and libraries. Over one third of the chapters have been expanded to incorporate developments since the previous editions, while the chapter on organometallic catalysis in synthesis and production appears for the first time in this form.

From the reviews of the first English editions:

'The selection of material and the order of its presentation is first class ... Students and their instructors will find this book extraordinarily easy to use and extraordinarily useful.' -Chemistry in Britain

'Elschenbroich and Salzer have written the textbook of choice for graduate or senior-level courses that place an equal emphasis on main group element and transition metal organometallic chemistry. ... this book can be unequivocally recommended to any teacher or student of organometallic chemistry.' - Angewandte Chemie International Edition

'The breadth and depth of coverage are outstanding, and the excitement of synthetic organometallic chemistry comes across very strongly.' - Journal of the American Chemical Society

Christoph Elschenbroich earned his Ph.D. with E. O. Fischer at Munich in 1966. After two years of post-doctoral study in Israel (1967-68, Weizmann Institute, Technion), he joined Metallgesellschaft AG (Frankfurt, 1969-70) to work on surface-chemical aspects of corrosion protection. During 1971-75 he did research at the University of Basel, Switzerland, dealing with applications of EPR spectroscopy to organometallic chemistry. This led to the "habilitation" in 1975. In the same year he moved to Marburg as a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. He was visiting Professor at Zurich University (1981), Brookhaven National Laboratory (1986) and the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Paris (1994).

"Eleschenbroich's book is a treasure…highly recommended." (CHOICE, October 2006)
"This 800+ page edition should be the book of choice when looking to gain knowledge in the field…a valued addition to personal and professional collections." (Journal of the American Chemical Society, September 13, 2006)
"The wealth of information contained herein makes it an excellent reference work. (...) We have in 'Organometallics' a cemprehensive and reasonably-priced book that illustrates the synthesis and properties of an enormous range of organyls and complex compounds, and it is highly recommended for advanced students for whom these areas hold a significant attraction." (www.organische-chemie.ch)
"Organized by introduction, maingroup and transition-metal organometallic compunds in 18 chapters, Organometallics offers a well-designed and proven textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and for professionals." (Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics)

Preface to the Third Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
INTRODUCTION.
1. Milestones in Organometallic Chemistry.
2. Organoelement Compounds: Classification and Electronegativity Considerations.
3. Energy, Polarity, and Reactivity of the M-C Bond.
MAIN-GROUP ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS.
4. Overview of Preparation Methods.
5. Organometallic Compounds of Alkali Metals (Group 1).
6. Organometallic Compounds of Groups 2 and 12.
7. Organometallic Compounds of the Boron Group (Group 13).
8. Organoelement Compounds of the Carbon Group (Group 14).
9. Organoelement Compounds of the Nitrogen Group (Group 15).
10. Organoelement Compounds of Selenium and Tellurium (Grou 16).
11. Organometallic Compounds of Copper, Silver, and Gold (Group 11).
ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS OF THE TRANSITION METALS.
12. Introduction.
13. sigma-Donor Ligands.
14. sigma-Donor/pi-Acceptor Ligands.
15. sigma, pi-Donor/pi-Acceptor Ligands.
16. Metal-Metal Bonds and Transition-Metal-Atom Clusters.
17. Organometallic Chemistry of Lanthanoids and Actinoids.
18. Organometallic Catalysis in Synthesis and Production.
APPENDIX.
A-1 Redox Reagents in Organometallic Chemistry.
A-2 Nomenclature of Organometallic Compounds.
A-3 Abbreviations and Symbols.
A-4 Literature.
AUTHOR INDEX.
SUBJECT INDEX.