Formation of metal-carbon bonds organometallic compounds

Formation of Metal-Carbon Bonds (Organometallic Compounds) 

This extremely wide field has been the subject of many books and reviews, e.g., the book by Krause and von Grosse1 (which includes almost all work published up to 1936) and that by Runge (1944).2 The main feature of organometallic chemistry, with many valuable literature references, are given in books by Coates (1956),3 Rochow, Hurd, and Lewis (1957),4 and Rochow (1964).5 A review by Coates (1950)3 treats the organometallic compounds of the first three Groups of the Periodic System. 

There are also reviews of many important areas of organometallic chemistry, such as fluorocarbon derivatives of metals,7 alkynylmetal derivatives of groups 3-5, etc. 

Attention must also be drawn to some more recent accounts of the organic derivatives of transition metals,9 including cyclopentadienyl-,10 allyl-,11 and cyclobutadienyl-metal com- 

Krause and A. von Grosse, Die Chemie der metallorganischen Verbindungen, Bomtraeger, Berlin 1937. 

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