Organometallic Compounds of Low-Coordinate Si, Ge, Sn and Pb (ePub)

Until recently the low-coordinate compounds of the heavier elements
of group 14 were known only as transient, unstable species which
were difficult to isolate. However recent developments have led to
the stabilisation of these compounds and today heavier group 14
element cations, radicals, anions, carbene analogues, alkene and
alkyne analogues and aromatics have all been prepared as highly
reactive, stable, fully characterizable and readily available
organometallic reagents.

Organometallic Compounds of Low-Coordinate Si, Ge, Sn and
Pb describes the chemistry of this exciting new class of
organometallics, with an emphasis on their major similarities and
differences with the analogous species in organic chemistry. Topics
covered include include the synthesis, structure, reactions and
synthetic applications of :

* Si-, Ge-, Sn and Pb-centered cations, radicals and anions

* heavy analogues of carbenes: silylenes, germylenes, stannylenes
and plumbylenes

* heavy analogues of alkenes: disilenes, digermenes, distannenes,
diplumbenes

* heavy analogues of alkynes: disilynes, digermynes, distannynes,
diplumbynes, and their valence isomers

* heteronuclear derivatives: silenes, germenes, stannenes,
silagermenes, silastannenes, germastannenes

* heavy analogues of alkenes of the type:
>E14=E13-,
>E14=E15-,
>E14=E16 [where E13,
E14, E15 and E16 are elements of
the groups 13, 14, 15 and 16]

* cyclic compounds (three-, four-, five-, and six-membered
rings)

* heavy analogues of 1,3-dienes, allenes and other cumulenes

* heavy analogues of aromatic compounds; including a comparison
between organometallic and organic aromaticity

Organometallic Compounds of Low-Coordinate Si, Ge, Sn and
Pb is an essential guide to this emerging class of
organometallic reagents for researchers and students in main group,
organometallic, synthetic and silicon chemistry