Chapter 1 General survey

Chapter 2 Methods of formation of metal—carbon bonds of the main group elements

Chapter 3 Organometallic compounds of elements of the first three periodic groups

Chapter 4 Organometallic compounds of elements of main groups IV and V

Chapter 5 Some transition metal chemistry relevant to organometallic chemistry

Chapter 6 Organometallic compounds of the transition elements. Classification of ligands and theories of bonding

Chapter 7 Organotransition metal chemistry. Alkyl and alkylidene derivatives. Complexes of alkenes and alkynes

Chapter 8 Allyl and diene complexes of the transition elements

Chapter 9 Five electron ligands

Chapter 10 Complexes of arenes

Chapter 11 Cluster compounds

Chapter 12 Mechanisms of industrial processes clarified by studies of homogeneous catalysis by complexes of transition elements