Organometallics. A Concise Introduction

2nd ed. — Wiley VCH, 1992. — 508 p.
Historical development and current trends in organometallic chemistry
Demarcation and classification of organometallic compounds
Energy, polarity and reactivity of the M-C bond
Main-group organometallics
Methods of preparation in perspective
Alkali organometallics
Organometallics of groups 2 and 12
Organometallics of the boron group (group 13)
Organometallics of the carbon group (group 14)
Organometallics of the nitrogen group (group 15)
Organometallics of selenium and tellurium (group 16)
Organometallics of copper, silver and gold (group 16)
Organometallic compounds of the transition elements
The 18-valence-electron (18-VE) rule
σ-donor ligands
σ-donor/π-acceptor ligands
σ,π-donor/π-acceptor ligands
Metal-metal bonds and transition metal atom clusters
Organometallic catalysis