Reactivity of organometallics

Chandret B (2005) Synthesis and Snrface Reactivity of Organometallic Nanoparticles. 16 233-259... 

To date, most of the photochemical data available for transition metal complexes comes from condensed phase studies (1). Recently, the primary photochemistry of a few model transition metal carbonyl complexes has been investigated in gas phase (5.). Studies to date indicate that there are many differences between the reactivity of organometallic species in gas phase (5.6) as conq>ared with matrix (7-10) or solution (11-17) environments. In most cases studied, photoexcitation of isolated transition metal... 

The reactivity of organometallic compounds increases with the percent ionic character of the C-M bond. 

The activity of chemically active AF paints usually relies on the reactivity of organometallic compounds (e.g. TBT-, Zn-, Si, Cu- acrylates and Zn-resinates) and inorganic pigments (i.e. CU2O). In spite of this, scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray detectors (SEM-EDX) has not been used extensively to characterise such reactions. Bishop and Silva... 

Reactivity of Organometallic Compounds with Metallic Surfaces... 

In this chapter, SOMC/M will be used to study the reactivity of organometallic complexes with the surface of supported metals. In 1984, Travers [31] and Margit-falvi [32] simultaneously described this application of SOMC for the preparation of bimetallic catalysts. 

H. Schumann, J. A. Meese-Marktscheffel, and L. Esser, Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Organometallic rc-Complexes of the Rare Earths in the Oxidation State Ln3 + with Aromatic Ligands, Chem. Rev. 95, 865-986 (1995). 

This book aims to introduce undergraduates to the utility of organotransition metal chemistry, a discipline of importance to scientists and technologists in a variety of industry sectors. The main focus will be on the reactivity of organometallic compounds of the transition metals, supported by discussion of structure and bonding and their implications. 

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