Unusual Structures and Physical Properties in Organometallic Chemistry

The principal idea of this volume is to offer a Capita Selecta of unconventional and thought–provoking topics in organometallic chemistry, presented by experts in each field. As intended, this approach leads either to reviews covering a specific uncommon class of organometallic compounds or to overviews which relate uncommon physical properties with various classes of organometallic compounds. The contributions are streamlined thus onto two main axes – unusual properties reflecting structures and bonding situations, on the one hand, and uncommon structural features or structure–reactivity relationships, on the other. Extensive cross–referencing of useful information is provided, making this volume accessible for people working in rather different areas of organometallic chemistry. The synthesis of molecules with ?extreme? properties is a challenge for all those working in organometallic chemistry, irrelevant of theoretical/computational, synthetic or application interests....