Organotransition metal chemistry : from bonding to catalysis / John F. Hartwig.

Structure and bonding -- Dative liquids -- Covalent (X type) ligands bound through metal-carbon and metal-hydrogen bonds -- Covalent (X type) ligands bound through metal-heteroatom bonds -- Ligand substitution reactions -- Oxidative addition of nonpolar reagents -- Oxidative addition of polar reagents -- Reductive elimination -- Migratory insertion reactions -- Elimination reactions -- Nucleophilic attack on coordinated ligands -- Electrophilic attack on coordinated ligands -- Metal-ligand multiple bonds -- Principles of catalysis (written with Prof. Patrick J. Walsh) -- Homongeneous hydrogenation -- Hydrofunctionalization and oxidative functionalization of olefins -- Catalytic carbonylation -- Catalytic C-H functionalization -- Transition metal-catalyzed coupling reactions -- Allylic substitution -- Metathesis of olefins and alkynes -- Polymerization and oligomerization of olefins.