PERSPECTIVES IN ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

By STEVEN MARTIN

CONTENTS N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES IN CATALYSIS—AN INTRODUCTION N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES AS LIGANDS FOR HIGH-OXIDATION-STATE METAL COMPLEXES AND OXIDATION CATALYSIS PALLADIUM-CATALYZED REACTIONS USING NHC LIGANDS ROUTES TO N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE COMPLEXES CHIRAL N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES AS STEREODIRECTING LIGANDS IN ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS TRANSITION METAL-CATALYZED REACTIONS USING N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS (BESIDES PD- AND RU-CATALYZED REACTIONS) N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES AS LIGANDS FOR OLE?N METATHESIS CATALYSTS