Organometallics

by Christoph Elschenbroich

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783527293902
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/10/2006
Edition description:	3rd, Completely Revised and Extended Edition
Pages:	817
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Ch. 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 Zürich University (1981), Brookhaven National Laboratory (1986) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (1994).

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Milestones in Organometallic Chemistry

Organoelement Compounds: Classification and Electronegativity Considerations

Energy, Polarity, and Reactivity of the M-C Bond

MAIN-GROUP ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS

Overview of Preparation Methods

Organometallic Compounds of Alkali Metals (Group 1)

Organometallic Compounds of Groups 2 and 12

Organometallic Compounds of the Boron Group (Group 13)

Organoelement Compounds of the Carbon Group (Group 14)

Organoelement Compounds of the Nitrogen Group (Group 15)

Organoelement Compounds of Selenium and Tellurium (Group 16)

Organometallic Compounds of Copper, Silver, and Gold (Group 11)

ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS OF THE TRANSITION METALS

Introduction

sigma-Donor Ligands

sigma-Donor/pi-Acceptor Ligands

sigma, pi-Donor/pi-Acceptor Ligands

Metal-Metal Bonds and Transition-Metal-Atom Clusters

Organometallic Chemistry of Lanthanoids and Actinoids

Organometallic Catalysis in Synthesis and Production

APPENDIX

Redox Reagents in Organometallic Chemistry

Nomenclature of Organometallic Compounds

Abbreviations and Symbols

Literature

AUTHOR INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX

Editorial Reviews

"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


"Aufgrund der Menge an Informationen ist es ... ein vorzügliches Nachschlagewerk. (...) Wer sich für die Eigenschaften und Synthese von Organylen und Komplexen (und Katalysatoren) begeistert, der findet im 'Elschenbroich' sehr viele lernenswerte Details. ... Mit 'Organometallics' liegt ein sehr umfassendes, preisgünstiges Buch vor, das Synthese und Eigenschaften von Organylen und Komplexverbindungen in der ganzen Vielfalt verdeutlicht. Es kann für fortgeschrittene Studenten mit einem Interesse an Komplexen und Organylen und ihrer Eigenschaften empfohlen werden."
www.organische-chemie.ch

Aus den Rezensionen der ersten englischen Auflagen:

"Erstklassig hinsichtlich sowohl der Materialauswahl als auch der Darstellung. ... Die leichte Anwendbarkeit und der außerordentliche Nutzen werden Studenten und Dozenten überzeugen." Chemistry in Britain

"Elschenbroich und Salzer haben das Lehrbuch der Wahl für Fortgeschrittene verfasst, das die Organometallchemie der Hauptgruppenelemente und Übergangsmetalle gleichermaßen ausführlich berücksichtigt. ... Jedem Dozenten oder Studenten der Organometallchemie uneingeschränkt zu empfehlen." Angewandte Chemie International Edition

"Hervorragend in Breite und Tiefe der Darstellung. Man merkt sehr deutlich, wie spannend das Gebiet der Organometall-Synthesechemie ist." Journal of the American Chemical Society

"Auf bestem Wege zum Klassiker ist nun auch die englische Ausgabe, denn der "Elschenbroich" liegt nun auch in der englischen Ausgabe in einer dritten, vollständig überarbeiteten und aktualisierten Auflage vor... Mit seinem umfassenden Inhalt ist das Buch ein Muss für fortgeschrittene Studenten und Dozenten aus der anorganischen, bioanorganischen und Komplexchemie."
Metall

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