<p>Preface xi</p> <p><b>Part I Carbide, Alkylidyne, Alkylidene, Alkyl, and Alkane Compounds 1</b></p> <p><b>1 Monocarbide Complexes 3</b></p> <p><b>2 Terminal and Bridging Methylidyne (CH) and Other Alkylidyne Complexes 9</b></p> <p><b>3 Terminal and Bridging Methylidene (CH<sub>2</sub>) and Other Alkylidene Complexes 13</b></p> <p><b>4 Methyl Complexes 21</b></p> <p>4.1 Neutral Monomeric Complexes 21</p> <p>4.2 Cationic and Anionic Monomeric Complexes 29</p> <p>4.3 Bridged Methyl Complexes 33</p> <p><b>5 Methane and Other Alkane Complexes 37</b></p> <p><b>6 Terminal and Bridged Ethyl Complexes 43</b></p> <p><b>7 Propyl, Butyl, and Pentyl Complexes 49</b></p> <p><b>8 Cycloalkyl and Cycloalkane Complexes 53</b></p> <p><b>9 Saturated Heterometallacycle Complexes 55</b></p> <p><b>10 Benzyl Complexes 59</b></p> <p><b>11 Mixed Alkyl and Alkyl–Aryl Complexes 61</b></p> <p><b>12 Surface Bound Alkyl, Alkane, and Alkyl–Metal Complexes 63</b></p> <p>12.1 Metal Surfaces 63</p> <p>12.2 Metalloid Surfaces 65</p> <p>12.3 Inorganic Oxide Surfaces 66</p> <p><b>13 Alkyl, Alkylidyne, and Alkylidene Complexes with Other Functional Groups 69</b></p> <p>13.1 Hydrides 69</p> <p>13.2 Halides and Mixed Halides and Hydrides 84</p> <p>13.3 Pseudohalides 120</p> <p>13.4 Carbonyl and Dinitrogen Complexes 135</p> <p>13.5 Diazomethane (CH<sub>2</sub>N<sup>+</sup>=N<sup>−</sup>) and Related Complexes 139</p> <p>13.6 Organic Isocyanides (Isonitriles, R‐N≡C), Organic Nitriles (R‐C≡N) and Iminoacyl Complexes 139</p> <p>13.7 Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Disulfide Complexes 141</p> <p>13.8 Aqua, Hydroxide, Oxide, Peroxide, and Oxyhalide Complexes 146</p> <p>13.9 Hydrogen Sulfide, Mercaptide, Sulfide, and Disulfide Complexes 161</p> <p>13.10 Alkoxide, Organoperoxide, Ether, and Alcohol Complexes 164</p> <p>13.11 Alkylsulfide, Dialkylsulfide, and Methanethiol Complexes 171</p> <p>13.12 Carboxylate, Thiocarboxylate, Dithiocarboxylate, and Xanthate Complexes 173</p> <p>13.13 Formaldehyde, Formyl, Acetaldehyde, Acyl, and Related Complexes 180</p> <p>13.14 Ketone, Ketenyl, and Related Complexes 187</p> <p>13.15 β‐Diketonate and Related Complexes 190</p> <p>13.16 Nitrogen Bases and Miscellaneous Lewis‐Base and Chelating Ligands 195</p> <p><b>14 Complexes with Metal–Metal Bonds 215</b></p> <p>14.1 Homonuclear Bonds 215</p> <p>14.2 Heteronuclear Bonds 219</p> <p><b>15 Halogenated Alkyl Complexes 225</b></p> <p>15.1 Main Group Elements 225</p> <p>15.2 Transition and Actinide Elements 234</p> <p><b>Part I References 241</b></p> <p><b>Part II Noncyclic Carbon-Clusters and Unsaturated Hydrocarbon Compounds 299</b></p> <p><b>16 Linear Carbon Cluster Complexes 301</b></p> <p>16.1 C<sub>2</sub> Complexes 301</p> <p>16.2 C<sub>3</sub> Complexes 304</p> <p>16.3 C<sub>4</sub> Complexes 304</p> <p>16.4 C<sub>5</sub> and Larger Complexes 305</p> <p><b>17 Ethynyl, Ethyne, and Related Complexes 309</b></p> <p>17.1 Main Group Elements 309</p> <p>17.2 d and f Block Elements 319</p> <p><b>18 Vinyl and Vinylidene Complexes 343</b></p> <p><b>19 Ethene and Related Monoalkene Complexes 355</b></p> <p><b>20 Allyl and Related Complexes 371</b></p> <p><b>21 Allene and Related Complexes 387</b></p> <p><b>22 Conjugated and Nonconjugated Diolefin and Related Complexes 391</b></p> <p>22.1 Butadiene and Butatriene Complexes 391</p> <p>22.2 Pentadiene Complexes 396</p> <p>22.3 Hexadiene Complexes 398</p> <p>22.4 Miscellaneous Olefin Complexes 399</p> <p><b>Part II References 403</b></p> <p><b>Part III Cyclic, Unsaturated Organometallic Compounds 427</b></p> <p><b>23 Metal Complexes of Fullerenes and Other Nonlinear Carbon Clusters 429</b></p> <p><b>24 Three‐carbon Rings 433</b></p> <p><b>25 Four‐carbon Rings 435</b></p> <p><b>26 Five‐carbon Rings 441</b></p> <p>26.1 Cyclopentene and Cyclopentyl Complexes 441</p> <p>26.2 1,3‐Cyclopentadiene, Cyclopentadienone, and Related Complexes 441</p> <p>26.3 Anionic Cyclopentadienide Complexes 443</p> <p>26.4 Covalent Cyclopentadienyl Complexes 446</p> <p><b>27 Six‐carbon Rings 547</b></p> <p>27.1 Cyclohexene Complexes 547</p> <p>27.2 Cyclohexadiene, Cyclohexadienyl, Oxocyclohexadienyl, and Quinone Complexes 547</p> <p>27.3 Neutral, Cationic, and Anionic Phenyl Complexes 550</p> <p>27.4 Phenyl Compounds with Other Functional Groups 559</p> <p>27.5 Phenyl Complexes with Metal–Metal Bonds 585</p> <p>27.6 Ring‐Substituted Phenyl Complexes 588</p> <p>27.7 Perhalogenated Phenyl Complexes 591</p> <p>27.8 Benzene Ring Complexes 596</p> <p>27.9 Ring‐Substituted Benzene Complexes 608</p> <p>27.10 Benzyne Complexes 611</p> <p><b>28 Seven‐carbon Rings 613</b></p> <p><b>29 Eight‐carbon Rings 615</b></p> <p><b>30 Nine‐carbon Rings 629</b></p> <p><b>31 Ten‐carbon Rings 631</b></p> <p><b>32 Coupled Organic Ring Complexes 633</b></p> <p><b>33 Fused Organic Ring Complexes 635</b></p> <p>33.1 Pentalenyl Complexes 635</p> <p>33.2 Indene and Indenyl Complexes 635</p> <p>33.3 Fluorene and Fluorenyl Complexes 641</p> <p>33.4 Indacenyl Complexes 641</p> <p>33.5 Azulene Complexes 641</p> <p>33.6 Naphthalene and Larger Fused Aromatic Ring Complexes 642</p> <p>34 Miscellaneous Cyclic Olefin and Mixed Ring Complexes 643</p> <p>35 Carboranes and Metallacarboranes 647</p> <p>36 Five‐ and Six‐membered Heterocyclic Rings and Their Metal Complexes 651</p> <p>37 Unsaturated Metallacycle Rings with Four or More Atoms 657</p> <p><b>Part III References 661</b></p> <p>Index 709</p>