BASIC CONCEPTS IN CHEMISTRY Organotransition Metal Chemistry ANTHONY F. HILL Australian National University, Canberra ®) WILEY- INTERSCIENCE RSC(Cover images © Murray Roberisw/vsual elements 1998 99, taken fom the 109 Visual Elements Periodic Table Copyright © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2002. A right reserved, ‘No part ofthis publication may be reproduced, stored ina retrieval stom or \ransmits in aay form or by any means, ectoni, mecbaaical, photocopying. ‘cording, scanning or otherwise except a permitted under Sections 107s 108 of| the 1976 United States Cpsright Act mthowt ether the prior writen permission ‘of the Publisher or authorization through puyanent ofthe appropri pr-copy foe {othe Copyright Clearance Cemtr, 222 Rowsiood Drive, Dats, MA 01923. (078) 750.8400, fx (978) 790-4744, Requests o the Publisher for permission should be addressed wo the Permisions Department. John Wiley & Sons, Ine, 603 Third Avena, New York, NY 10158-0012, (212) 850-6011. fax (212) 850-6008, E-Mail PERMREQ @ WILEV.C ‘For ordering and customer servis cll -800-CALL-WILEY. Libary of Congress Cataloging in-Publcation Dat: Library of Congress Catsloging-n-Publistion Data is available. ISBN:0-471-28163-8 ‘Typeset in Great Britain by Wysern 21, Brisa Printed and Rou by Polstar Wheatons Lt, Eacer lo9s76s4321Preface Take the crowning achievements of the various sub-disciplines of chem- istry. combine them and you have organotransition metal chemistry. First, the organic chemist’s shrewd manipulation of functional groups, allowing strategic multi-step synthesis. Add to this the main-group chemist’s understanding of reactivity within u framework of periodicity. Apply this to the colourful playground of the transition elements with their enormous variations in oxidation states, ligands, coordination num- bers and associated stereochemistries. The scope for intellectual pursuit is staggering, but organometallic chemistry is not simply an academic exer- cise. It underpins industrial chemical processes on a megatonne scale, pro- viding commodity chemicals from the simplest petrochemicals to the most exotic pharmaceuticals This text covers the material I consider appropriate for a core introduc- tory course in organotransition metal chemistry. For all students, such a course will be their first encounter; for some it will be their last, depending on their degree specialization in later years. The material covered here should be seen as the basic tools which any graduate might be expected to call upon. It cannot do justice to the enormous breadth of the subject and the exciting tangential fields (e.g., polymers, metals in catalytic and st chiometric organic synthesis, industrial chemistry). Tutorial examples, problems and answers are available on the Wiley website at www.wiley. com/golwiley-rse. Twwould like to acknowledge the support during the preparation of this text of my partner Mark, to whom itis dedicated Anthony F. Hill Canberra, Australia