Inorganic Chemistry I: Bonding and Metal Clusters

A clear introduction to organometallic chemistry: the main ligands, electron counting, geometry of complexes and the key reactions, from oxidative addition to migratory insertion and beta-elimination.

Michael Evans

Covers organometallic compounds across the periodic table, from lithium, magnesium and boron to transition metal alkyls, hydrides, carbonyls and phosphine complexes, with the 18-electron rule and Ziegler-Natta catalysts.

M. S. Balakrishna and Prasenjit Ghosh

The full lecture notes of a graduate organometallic course, with detailed mechanisms for hydrogenation, hydroformylation, polymerization and Pd-catalyzed coupling. Ideal if you want to understand how catalysts really work.

George G. Stanley