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 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

Chapter 13 Some complexes of the lanthanides and actinides