Organometallics 3rd, Completely Revised and Extended Edition

This text introduces organometallic chemistry through discussions of main-group organometallics, including alkali metals, the boron and carbon groups, the nitrogen group, selenium and tellurium, and copper, silver, and gold, as well as compounds of the transition metals. Changes in this edition include updates to the chapters on organometallic catalysis in synthesis and production, bioorganometallic chemistry, and new developments in the field; there is also a new chapter on organometallic chemistry of the lanthanoids and actinoids. The book was originally published in German and is in its fifth edition in that language. It is intended for graduate students in inorganic, organic, bioinorganic, coordination, and organometallic chemistry. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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