Fundamental Research in Homogeneous Catalysis: Volume 2

Metal Clusters in Catalysis XVII: Catalytic Hydrocarbon Reactions.- Cluster Catalysis: Homogeneous Catalytic Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide and of Ketones with Molecular Oxygen Using Complexes of Rhodium(0), Iridium(I), and Platinum(0).- Metal Carbonyl Catalysis of Carbon Monoxide Reactions.- Activation of Saturated Hydrocarbons by Ruthenium(I) Complexes?.- Oxidative Addition to Metal Atoms: Mechanism, Use of Resultant Reactive RMX and R2M Species in Homogeneous Catalysis Processes and Metal Atom—Alkane Interactions.- Organometallic Derivatives of the Transition Elements. III. The Reaction of Alkynes with Transition Metal Atoms.- Hydroalumination of Olefins Catalyzed by Transition Metal Compounds.- Oxidative Addition of Acyl and Alkyl Halides to Rhodium(I) and Iridium (I) Complexes and Alkyl Group Isomerization.- Transition Metal Formyl Complexes and Transition Metal Anions; Synthesis by Trialkylborohydride Attack on Metal Carbonyl Compounds.- Electronic Control of Stereochemistry in Carbon—Carbon Bond Formation at Metal Centers.- ?-? Rearrangements of Organotransition Metal Compounds in Homogeneous Catalysis.- Chiral Ferrocenylphosphines and Their Use as Ligands for Transition Metal Complex Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis.- Homogeneous Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Hydrosilylation of Keto Esters Catalyzed by Chiral Rhodium Complexes.- Metallacycles in Organotransition Metal Chemistry.- Nickel(O) Catalyzed Reactions of Bicyclo[ 1.1.0] Butanes with Electron-Deficient Olefins.- Significance of Dioxygen Activation on Model Catalytic Oxygenation with Cobalt-Schiff’s Base Complexes.- On the Mechanism of Vanadium Catalyzed Oxidation by t-Butyl Hydroperoxide.- Synthetic Reactions by Copper Complex Catalysts.- Synthetic Analogues of the Active Site in Blue Copper Proteins.