Transition Metal Reagents and Catalysts

Innovations in Organic Synthesis

J. Tsuji, Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Provides a comprehensive and easily understandable overview of organotransition metal chemistry applied to the rapidly advancing area of organic synthesis. This text is an enjoyable read for organic chemists who are not yet familiar with organo-transition metal chemistry.

It presents:

  • Complete coverage of nearly 35 years of transition metal complex chemistry
  • An in-depth treatment of many innovative synthetic methodologies
  • A rational classification of all reactions according to substrates and reaction mechanisms
  • Examples of important applications of transition metal catalysed reactions.
A knowledge of organic synthesis using transition metal complexes is a must for all synthetic organic chemists. Written for chemists who wish to apply novel synthetic methods using transition metal complexes to solve problems in organic and pharmaceutical chemistry, such as synthesis of fine and bulk chemicals and natural products, this book is an essential reference source.

Full table of contents

  1. Pioneering Industrial Processes using Homogeneous Transition Metal Catalysts
  2. Basic Chemistry of Transition Metal Complexes and their Reaction Patterns
  3. Reactions of Organic Halides and Pseudohalides
  4. Reactions of Allylic Compounds
  5. Reactions of Conjugated Dienes
  6. Reactions of Propargylic Compounds
  7. Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes
  8. Synthetic Reactions via Transition Metal Carbene Complexes
  9. Protection and Activation by Coordination
  10. Catalytic Hydrogenation, Transfer Hydrogenation and Hydrosilylation
  11. Reactions Promoted and Catalyses by Pd(II) Compounds.
0471 63498 0  2000  494pp  £125.00