Organometallic chemistry is an interdisciplinary science which continues to grow at a rapid pace.

Organometallic chemistry is an interdisciplinary science which continues to grow at a rapid pace. Although there is continued interest in synthetic and structural studies the last decade has seen a growing interest in the potential of organometallic chemistry to provide answers to problems in catalysis synthetic organic chemistry and also in the development of new materials. This Specialist Periodical Report aims to reflect these current interests reviewing progress in theoretical organometallic chemistry, main group chemistry, the lanthanides and all aspects of transition metal chemistry. Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical research. Written by experts in their specialist fields the series creates a unique service for the active research chemist, supplying regular critical in-depth accounts of progress in particular areas of chemistry. For over 80 years the Royal Society of Chemistry and its predecessor, the Chemical Society, have been publishing reports charting developments in chemistry, which originally took the form of Annual Reports. However, by 1967 the whole spectrum of chemistry could no longer be contained within one volume and the series Specialist Periodical Reports was born. The Annual Reports themselves still existed but were divided into two, and subsequently three, volumes covering Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry. For more general coverage of the highlights in chemistry they remain a 'must'. Since that time the SPR series has altered according to the fluctuating degree of activity in various fields of chemistry. Some titles have remained unchanged, while others have altered their emphasis along with their titles; some have been combined under a new name whereas others have had to be discontinued. The current list of Specialist Periodical Reports can be seen on the inside flap of this volume.

Front matter; Foreword; Contents; Abbreviations; Group I: The Alkali and Coinage Metals; Group II: The Alkaline Earths and Zinc and its Congeners; Group III: Boron; The Carbaboranes, including their metal complexes; Group III: Aliminium Gallium, indium and Thallium; Group IV: The Silicon Group; Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth; Metal Carbonyls; Organometallic Compounds Containing Metal Metal Bonds; Ligand Substitution Reactions of Metal and Organometal Carbonyls with Group V and VI Donor Ligands; Carbene and Carbyne Complexes; Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon Bonds; Hydrocarbon-Metal pi-Complexes; n3-Allylic Metal Complexes; pi-Cyclopentadienyl, ?-Arene, and Related Complexes; Oxidative Addition and Related Reactions; Homogeneous Catalysis by Transition-metal Complexes; Organometallic Compounds in Biological Chemistry; Diffraction Studies of Organometallic Compounds; Author Index