Organometallic Chemistry

by Gary O. Spessard, Gary L. Miessler

Overview

Designed with the needs of both undergraduate and graduate students in mind, Organometallic Chemistry, Third Edition, covers the fundamentals of organometallic chemistry by presenting seminal experiments, analyzing real data, and offering the most comprehensive problem sets available.

The text opens with careful explanations of the structure and bonding of organometallic compounds, providing a uniquely accessible introduction to the subject for undergraduate students. Later chapters build on this foundation with in-depth coverage of more advanced topics such as organometallic reaction mechanisms, catalysis, carbene complexes, metathesis, applications of organometallic chemistry to organic synthesis, and bioorganometallic chemistry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199342679
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/29/2015
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	800
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Gary O. Spessard is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at St. Olaf College. His areas of expertise include organic chemistry, green chemistry, and the synthesis and biosynthesis of natural products.

Gary L. Miessler is Professor of Chemistry at St. Olaf College. His areas of expertise include inorganic chemistry, organometallic synthesis, and the photochemistry of transition metal complexes.

Table of Contents

, Preface1. An Overview of Organometallic Chemistry2. Fundamentals of Structure and Bonding3. The 18-Electron Rule4. The Carbonyl Ligand5. Pi Ligands6. Other Important Ligands7. Organometallic Reactions I: Reactions that Occur at the Metal8. Organometallic Reactions II: Reactions Involving Modification of Ligands9. Homogeneous Catalysis: The Use of Transition Metal Complexes in Catalytic Cycles10. Transition Metal-Carbene and -Carbyne Complexes: Structure, Preparation, and Chemistry11. Metathesis and Polymerization Reactions12. Applications of Organometallic Chemistry to Organic Synthesis13. Bioorganometallic ChemistryAppendix A. List of AbbreviationsAppendix B. Answer to Exercises, Index

Editorial Reviews

Since it first appeared in 1997, “Organometallic Chemistry” by Spessard and Miessler has earned a reputation as a highly readable, thorough text...The book's approach is to first establish a structure-bonding foundation that is based on molecular orbital theory...This sets the stage for a methodical coverage of the full range of reactions of organo-transition metal complexes and many of the practical applications of this chemistry…[S]ignificant improvements have been made, including the addition of many more problems at the end of the chapters. The added exercises have a widely varied level of difficulty and focus and therefore allow the instructor much more flexibility in the assigned problems. As a result, this text would be well-suited for a course in which applications to organic synthesis are to be heavily emphasized.”—Craig Jensen, Organomettalics

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