Publisher's Synopsis
The discovery and evolution of organometallic cluster chemsitry is a major event in the development of inorganic chemistry. This volume focuses on the chemistry of the early transition elements in their lower and middle oxidation states: halide; sulfide; oxide; phosphate; alkoide; and related o-donor ligands. The key feature linking all these complexes in metal-metal bonding is the presence of pi-donor ligands.;This book should be of interest to inorganic chemists and materials scientists.