Front Cover; Organotransition Metal Chemistry: A Mechanistic Approach; Copyright Page; Dadication; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter I. Historical and Chemical Background; A. Development and Applications of Organotransition MetalChemistry; B. Useful Concepts; C. Ligands; D. Stereochemically Nonrigid Metal Complexes; E. Nomenclature of Coordination Compound; F. Mechanisms of Ligand Replacements; Further Reading; Chapter II. The Formation of Hydrogen and Carbon Bonds to Transition Metals; A. Methods of Preparation of Hydrido Complexes

D. Acetylenic Cyclizations with Incorporation of Alkyl and Aryl LigandsFurther Reading; Chapter VIII. Mixed Olefin, Diene, and Acetylene Combination Reactions; A. Olefin-Diene Reactions; B. Acetylene-Olefin Reactions; C. Acetylene-Diene Reactions; Chapter IX. Reactions of Transition Metal Complexes with Carbon Monoxide and Organic Carbonyl Compounds; A. Carbon Monoxide Reactions; B. Reactions of Organotransition Metal Complexes with Organic Carbonyl Compounds; Further Reading; Chapter X. Dinitrogen, Dioxygen, Carbene, and Sulfur Dioxide Transition Metal Complexes; A. Dinitrogen Complexes