What is Organometallic Chemistry

We shall consider organometallic compounds as those in which the metal has a comparable or lower Pauling electronegativity (PE) than that of carbon (2.5). For transition metals, these span the range 1.3 

The discussion assumes a familiarity with the basic concepts of transition metal coordination chemistry, as outlined for example in d- and f-Block Chemistry (C. J. Jones, RSC Tutorial Chemistry Texts 4). 

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