Synthesis of Alkyl Complexes by Other Methods

Many additional routes to metal-alkyl complexes other than transmetallation and alkylation are discussed in later chapters of this text. For example, metal-alkyl complexes are generated by insertion of an olefin into a metal-hydride or or metal-hydrocarbyl species. Such insertion reactions are discussed in Chapter 9, but an example of the synthesis of a zirconium alkyl by olefin insertion into a zirconium hydride is shown in Equation 3.9. Metal-alkyl complexes are also generated by nucleophilic attack on coordinated olefins (Equation 3.10) or carbene ligands (Equation 3.11). These reactions are presented in detail in Chapter 11. 

CHAPTER 3 COVALENT (x-TYPE) LIGANDS BOUND THROUGH METAL-CARBON AND METAL-HYDROGEN BONDS 

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