Landmarks in Organo-Transition Metal Chemistry: A Personal ViewSince the discovery of ferrocene and the sandwich-type complexes, the development of organometallic chemistry took its course like an avalanche and became one of the scientific success stories of the second half of the twentieth century. Based on this development, the traditional boundaries between inorganic and organic chemistry gradually disappeared and a rebirth of the nowadays highly important field of homogeneous catalysis occurred. It is fair to say that despite the fact that the key discovery, which sparked it all off, was made more than 50 years ago, organometallic chemistry remains a young and lively discipline. |
Contents
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Biographical Sketch | 9 |
A Sequence of Accidental Discoveries | 69 |
From Small Molecules to Giant Clusters | 85 |
The Discovery of the Sandwich Complexes | 128 |
The Chemical Big Mac | 177 |
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Landmarks in Organo-Transition Metal Chemistry: A Personal View Helmut Werner No preview available - 2010 |
Landmarks in Organo-Transition Metal Chemistry: A Personal View Helmut Werner No preview available - 2008 |
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