Transition Metal Arene -Complexes in Organic Synthesis and Catalysis

Metal-arene pi-complexes show a rich and varied chemistry. The metal adds a third dimension to the planar aromatic compounds and coordination of a metal to an arene thus not only altering the reactivity of ring-carbons and substituents but also makes possible reactions that lead to chiral non-racemic products. This book, organized in nine chapters and written by leading scientists in the field provides the reader with an up-to-date treatise on the subject organized according to reaction type and use. It covers the wide spectrum of arene activation: from the electrophilic activation of h6-bound arene by pi-Lewis acid metal complex fragments, to reactions of nucleophilic h2-coordinated arene complexes. The preparation of complexes is detailed, as are the scope, limitations and challenges of reactions in contemporary pi-arene metal chemistry with special attention given to asymmetric transformations. The emphasis of the book is on transformations of interest to organic synthesis and on the use of the complexes as catalysts or as chiral ligands.
The book is written for academic and industrial researchers in organic, organometallic, and inorganic chemistry as well as for advanced chemistry students.

Each volume of Topics in Organometallic Chemistry provides the broad scientific readership with comprehensive summary and critical overview of a topic in organometallic chemistry Research in this rapidly developing transdisciplinary field is having profound influence on other areas of scientific investigation, ranging from catalytic organic synthesis to biology, medicine and material science

Inhalt
E.P. Kündig: Introduction.- E.P. Kündig: Synthesis of Transition Metal h6-Arene Complexes.- M.F. Semmelhack, A. Chlenov: (Arene)Cr(CO)3 Complexes: Arene Lithiation/Reaction with Electrophiles.- M.F. Semmelhack, A. Chlenov: (Arene)Cr(CO)3 Complexes: Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution.- E.P. Kündig, A. Pape: Dearomatization via h6-Arene Complexes.- W.D. Harman: The Dearomatization of Arenes by Dihapto-Coordination.- M. Uemura: (Arene)Cr(CO)3 Complexes: Cyclization-, Cycloaddition- and Cross Coupling Reactions.- H.-G. Schmalz, B. Gotov and A. Böttcher: Natural Product Synthesis.- J.H. Rigby, M.A. Kondratenkov: Arene Complexes as Catalysts.- K. Muñiz: Planar Chiral Arene Chromium (0) Complexes as Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis