Metallocenes in Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis (Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, 8)

Metallocene is a well known sandwich complex with two cyclopentadienyl ligands such as ferrocene. Recently, such metallocene compounds have been found to be very characteristic and they have become very important, not only in the area of organic synthesis, but also in polymerization in industry. Metal complexes with one cyclopentadienyl ligand have also become popular as half sandwich complexes. The number of researchers in the field of metallocenes has increased rapidly. However, the origin of the characteristic reactivity of metallocenes is not fully understood. In this volume, the chemistry of metal complexes with at least one cyclopentadienyl ligand is comprehensively covered by leading experts. Reactions discussed here are (i) natural product synthesis, (ii) catalytic asymmetric synthesis, (iii) cyclization reactions, (iv)catalytic reactions, (iv) polymerization reactions and (v) carbon-carbon bond cleavage reactions. The reader will have access to useful information about the current state of metallocene chemistry. Content: 1. Introduction -- 2. General Properties of Organometallic Complexes -- 3. Metal Alkyls, Aryls, and Hydrides and Related [actual symbol not reproducible]-Bonded Ligands -- 4. Carbonyls, Phosphine Complexes, and Ligand Substitution Reactions -- 5. Complexes of [actual symbol not reproducible]-Bound Ligands -- 6. Oxidative Addition and Reductive Elimination -- 7. Insertion and Elimination -- 8. Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Addition and Abstraction -- 9. Homogeneous Catalysis -- 10. Physical Methods in Organometallic Chemistry -- 11. Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds -- 12. Applications of Organometallic Chemistry -- 13. Clusters, Nanoparticles, Materials, and Surfaces -- 14. Applications to Organic Synthesis -- 15. Paramagnetic, High-Oxidation-State, and High-Coordination-Number Complexes -- 16. Bioorganometallic Chemistry -- Useful Texts on Allied Topics -- Major Reaction Types Hydrozirconation And Its Applications / P. Wipf -- Construction Of Carbocycles Via Zirconacycles And Titanacycles / Z. Xi [and Others] -- Metallocene-catalyzed Selective Reactions / M. Kotora -- Diastereoselective, Enantioselective, And Regioselective Carboalumination Reactions Catalyzed By Zirconocene Derivatives / E.-i. Negishi [and Others] -- Stereospecific Olefin Polymerization Catalyzed By Metallocene Complexes / N. Suzuki -- Carbon-carbon Bond Cleavage Reaction Using Metallocenes / T. Takahashi [and Others]. Volume Editor, T. Takahashi ; With Contributions By K. Kanno ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. front-matter......Page 1 001fulltext......Page 4 028fulltext......Page 29 059fulltext......Page 59 140fulltext......Page 140 178fulltext......Page 177 218fulltext......Page 217 back-matter......Page 237