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In this book we are concerned with the properties of compounds which contain metal-carbon bonds. Traditionally organometallic chemistry includes the carbon compounds of the metalloids boron, silicon and arsenic, but excludes those of phosphorus and of other more electronegative elements. Metal carbonyls are discussed, but not cyanides or carbides, which are more usefully considered in conjunction with inorganic rather than organometallic compounds.
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Texts in organometallic chemistry
Atwood, J.D. (1985) Mechanisms of Inorganic and Organometallic Reactions. Brooks/Cole, CA.
Collman, J.P., Hegedus, L.S., Norton, J.R. and Finke, G. (1987)Principles and Applications of Organotransition Metal Chemistry, 2nd edn, University Science Books, Mill Valley, CA.
Davies, S.G. (1982) Organotransition Metal Chemistry: Applications to Organic Synthesis, Pergamon Press, Oxford.
Haiduc, I. and Zuckerman, J.J. (1985) Basic Organometallic Chemistry, de Gruyter, Berlin.
Lukehart, C.M. (1985) Fundamental Transition Metal Organometallic Chemistry, Brooks/Cole, CA.
Parkins, A.W. and Poller, R.C. (1986) An Introduction to Organometallic Chemistry, Macmillan, London.
Pearson, A.J. (1985) Metallo-organic Chemistry, Wiley, Chichester.
Previous general texts on organometallic chemistry
These books still convey something of the excitement which was aroused as organometallic chemistry grew rapidly during the period 1950–1970.
Coates, G.E. (1960) Organometallic Compounds, 2nd edn, Methuen, London.
Coates, G.E., Green, M.L.H. and Wade, K. (1967) Organometallic Compounds, (The main Group Elements, Vol. I), (1968). (The Transition Elements, Vol. II), 3rd edn, Methuen, London.
Fischer, E.O. and Werner, H. (1966) Metal-Complexes, (Complexes with Di~ and Oligo- Oleflnic Ligands, Vol. I), Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Herberhold, M. (1972) Metal-Complexes, (Complexes with Mono-Oleflnic Ligands, Vol. II), Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Preparation, properties and reactions of organometallic compounds
Hartley, F.R. and Patai, S. (eds) The Chemistry of the Metal—Carbon Bond, (1982) Vol. I, (1984) Vol. II, (1985) Vol. Ill, Wiley/Inter science, Chichester.
Wilkinson, G., Stone, F.G.A. and Abel, E.W. (eds) (1982) Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry, Vols. 1-9, Pergamon Press, Oxford. Detailed coverage up to about 1980, arranged element by element. An invaluable reference work.
Other useful texts
Carruthers, W. (1987) Some Modern Methods of Organic Synthesis, 3rd edn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Greenwood, N.N. and Earnshaw, A. (1984) Chemistry of the Elements, Pergamon Press, Oxford. An excellent book which provides suitable background reading. It includes numerous references to the chemical literature.
Shriver, D.F. (1969) The Manipulation of Air-Sensitive Compounds, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Thayer, J.S. (1975) Organometallic chemistry; an historical perspective. Adv. Organomet. Chem., 13, 1.
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Powell, P. (1988). General survey. In: Principles of Organometallic Chemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1197-0_1
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