This text is designed as an easy access to the field of organotransition metal chemistry for advanced undergraduate and graduate students without a background in inorganic chemistry.

This text is designed as an easy access to the field of organotransition metal chemistry for advanced undergraduate and graduate students without a background in inorganic chemistry. The book first covers the basics of transition metal chemistry, giving a practical introduction to organometallic reaction mechanisms. The organic chemistry of transition metals is then presented, with many examples of applications in the synthesis of natural products, pharmaceuticals, polymers and materials.

Formalisms, electron counting, bonding (how things work)
organometallic reaction mechanisms
sythetic applications of transition metal hydrides
synthetic applications of complexes containing metal-carbon s-Bonds
synthetic applications of transition metal carbonyl complexes
synthetic applications of transition metal carbene complexes
synthetic applications of transition metal alkene, diene and dienyl complexes
synthetic applications of metal alkyne complexes
synthetic applications of h 3 -Allyl transition metal complexes
synthetic applications of transition metal arene complexes.