The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals

By Robert H. Crabtree

Book Overview

Provides vital information on organometallic compounds, their preparation, and use in synthesis, and explores the fundamentals of the field and its modern applications

Fully updated and expanded to reflect recent advances, the new, seventh edition of this bestselling text presents students and professional chemists with a comprehensive introduction to the principles and general properties of organometallic compounds, as well as including practical information on reaction mechanisms and detailed descriptions of contemporary applications. Increased focus is given to organic synthesis applications, nanoparticle science, and green chemistry. This edition features up-to-date examples of fundamental reaction steps and greater emphasis on key topics like oxidation catalysis, CH functionalization, nanoclusters and nanoparticles, and green chemistry. New coverage is added for computational chemistry, energy production, and biochemical aspects of organometallic chemistry.

The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, Seventh Edition provides new/enhanced chapter coverage of ligand-assisted additions and eliminations; proton-coupled electron transfer; surface, supported, and cooperative catalysis; green, energy, and materials applications; and photoredox catalysis. It covers coordination chemistry; alkyls and hydrides; Pi-complexes; and oxidative addition and reductive elimination. The book also features sections on insertion and elimination; spectroscopy; metathesis polymerization and bond activation; and more.

Provides an excellent foundation of the fundamentals of organometallic chemistry Includes end-of-chapter problems and their solutions Expands and includes up-to-date examples of fundamental reaction steps and focuses on important topics such as oxidation catalysis, CH functionalization, nanoparticles, and green chemistry Features all new coverage for computational chemistry, energy production, and biochemical aspects of organometallic chemistry

The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, Seventh Edition is an insightful book that will appeal to all advanced undergraduate and graduate students in organic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and bioinorganic chemistry, as well as any practicing chemist in those fields.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119465885
• ISBN13: 9781119465881
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Even organic chemists can read it!

I'm a 2nd year organic grad trying to design inorganic catalyst systems. This book is a must have for me and others working on similar projects. I hate sitting down and reading textbooks, but I have no problem keeping the pages turning in this one.

Excellent book for learning organometallic chemistry

This book was recommended for an organometallic class I took in graduate school. I haven't seen many other organometallic textbooks but, in general, this is one of the best textbooks I've used for any class. The wording is easy to understand, and the author explains things in a way suitable for someone who has had no organometallic chemistry and little inorganic chemistry. At the same time it covers a very wide breath of organometallic chemistry. It is a very useful book for any organometallic chemist and any organic chemist who deals with transition metal catalysis.

A nice book to start with organometallic chemistry

This book is a good source of basic knowledge in organometallic chemistry. Major theories that allow to predict reactivity are presented. Reader can also find general pathways of synthesis of organometallic compounds. However, sometimes the textbook looks like just a list of experimental facts. Although, it has nice explanations it requires a good understanding of organic chemistry as well as inorganic. So, reader should be prepared. This textbook was required for my class in Graduate school but I still find it very useful and necessary to obtain knowledge in organometallic chemistry.

Good stuff

I'm an organic chemistry graduate student with some inorganic background, but I know very little about organometallics. This book seems to be a very good introduction for someone like me. Well written, understandable, relevant.

Concise, readable

Of the organometallic texts I've seen, this is my favorite. It provides a good introduction and eases the reader into heavier material. It's a great reference and a good starting point for learning the subject.