Publisher's Synopsis
This is a one-volume account of the entire field of organo-zirconium and -hafnium compounds, which are defined as having at least one carbon-to-metal (M) (M = zirconium or -hafnium) bond. The book reflects the expansion of activity which has taken place in this subject in the last decade, over which period an extensive chemistry of such compounds has developed. These compounds have become important both in their own right, and as reagents or catalysts in organic synthesis.;The detailed survey presented by these authors forms a treatise covering all the literature to date. The text has been divided into three sections, the first and second providing an account of the chemistry of organo-zirconium and -hafnium compounds, including their synthesis, structures, and physical and chemical properties. The third section is concerned with the applications of these compounds as catalysts or reagents in organic chemistry.;Further features include numerous tables summarizing information on individual compounds; over 50 ORTEP drawings detailing molecular structures of compounds for which X-ray data is available; flow sheets providing schematic representations of reactions and coverage of the literature to the end of 1984.
