INDEX
acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal, carbonylation . of 3
from methanol 10 acetals, hydrosilylation to ether 87 acetic acid
carbonylation 32 from methanol 2 telomerization, with butadiene 141
acetic anhydride from dimethyl ether or methyl acetate 3 and ethylidene diacetate 339
acetyl iodide 8 acetylenes
hydrosilylation 82 hydrozirconation 88
acetylenic compounds, hydrocarbonylation 50
acid chlorides, reduction to aldehydes 74 acids
Bronsted or Lewis, in hydrosilylation reactions 83
formation by carbonylation of RX 24 formation by carbonylation of
alcohols 30 acrylates
codimerization of 167 dimerization of 156-157
acrylic acid, synthesis from acetylene 48 acrylonitrile
codimerization of 164 dimerization of 156 metathesis 234
actinides for olefin hydrogenation 70 hydrides, in reduction reactions 70
activated alkenes, hydrogenation '67 activation
of C-H bonds 50, 340 of alkanes by organoactinides 268 of carbon monoxide 20 of cyclopentane by L2ReH3 266, 267
of hydrides 71 of primary CH bonds of acyclic alkanes
by rhodium complexes 262 active sites 203, 217 1,4 addition 130 advantages and disadvantages of
homogeneous catalysis 335 alcohols
allylic, by hydrosilylation of conjugated ketones 84
and ethylene glycol synthesis 84 by hydrosilylation 339 by hydrozirconation of carbonyl
groups 89 by reduction of aldehydes 69 by reduction of ketones and esters 75 reaction with organolanthanides and ac-
tinides. hydrides 71 synthesis from alkenes 37 telomerization with butadiene 144 telomerization with isoprene 150
aldehydes by hydrozirconation of nitriles 89 by reduction of acid chlorides 74 formation by carbonylation of RX 22 formation by carbonylation of
alcohol 30 hydrosilylation to alkanes 83 reaction with organolanthanides and ac-
tinides hydrides 71 reduction to alcohols 75, 69 synthesis from alkenes 37 synthesis from R-H 50 synthesis from toluene 50 unsaturated, selective hydrogenation 76
aliphatic carboxylic compounds, synthesis from carbonylation of R-H 53
aliquat-336, as a PTC agent 79 alkaloids 121, 130 alkane
by hydrogenolysis of Ru(U)-Alkyl 68
349
350 INDEX
alkane-contd. by hydrosilylation of carbon-oxygen
double bonds 83 by hydrozirconation of substituted
olefins and acetylenes 90 by reduction of alkynes and alkenes 71 chemistry 340
alkenes insertion into RX 27 activated 68 by reduction of alkynes 72 hydroboration 73 hydrogenation 74 hydrozirconation 87 metathesis of 230 reduction by hydrides 71
alkenylaluminium 127 2-alkoxy-6-methyl-3,8-nonadiene 153 alkyl halides, reduction by hydrides 72, 75 alkylation reactions 107 alkylboranes 124 alkylidene
generation for metathesis, chemical 224 generation for metathesis, electro
chemical 245 alkylidyne, in alkyne metathesis 242 alkynes
carbonylation 47 hydroboration 73 hydrozirconation 87 metathesis 233 reduction by hydrides 71
allyl nickel catalysts 179 palladium catalysts 187
allylic alcohols by hydrogenation of unsaturat-
ed aldehydes 76 alcohols by reduction of ketones 76, 84 iodide 122 silyl ether by hydrosilylation 84
allyl species 217, 220 alnus one synthesis 104 alphabutol process 190 alumina, supported, clusters 328 aluminium
alkyls 70 alkyls, for oligomerization reactions 180 lithium hydride 65, 71, 88 sodium dihydridoaluminates 88 sodium dihydrido di-(methoxy-
ethoxy)aluminate 76
amides synthesis from alkenes 42 telomerization with isoprene 151 by hydrosilylation of Schiff bases and
oximes 87 by reduction of nitro groups 69 synthesis from alkenes 42 unsaturated, metathesis 235
amino-acids, synthesis from carbonylation of aldehydes 57
aminobromo-adilines 133 anhydrides, from halogenures substrates 30 anthramycin 133 antibiotics synthesis 100 aquilo II arenes, reduction 69, 79 aromatic
carboxylic acids, synthesis of 52 chlorides, carbonylation of 30 halides 29, 30, 106 nuclei hydrogenation 78
aryl acetic compounds, synthesis from
carbonylation of benzene 53 aminoenone 130 halides 104
asymmetric hydroformylation, rhodium catalysts 38 hydroformylation, platinum catalysts 38 hydrogeneation of cinnamic acid
derivatives 67 hydrosilylation 80, 82 isomerization of neryl and geranyl
amines 335 azirines 131-132
back electron transfer 286 Bailey, G. C. 229 Baker, R. 147 Banks, R. L. 229 Barlow, M. O. 156-164 base catalyzed carbonyiation 9 benzene
by metathesis of 1,3-COD 90 reduction to cyc10hexane 78
benzobutanedione 122 Berger, J. 167 Bergman, R. O. 260 biologically active compounds 93 bis (phosphine)rhenium heptahydride 265 Bochmann, M. 169
INDEX 351
Boelens, H. 171 Bogdanovic 163 bond
metal-ligand, in clusters 305 metal-metal, in clusters 303
bonding levels, antibonding orbitals 279 boranes (polyhedral), class of cluster 293 'boron hydrides 124 bromoindole 130 butadiene
codimerization with acrylates 167 codimerization with 3-butenoic acid 168 codimerization with telomers 169 codimerization with vinylsilane 169 hydrosilylation 82 telomerization with acetic acid 141 telomerization with alcohols and
phenol 144 telomerization with C-H acidic com
pounds 146 telomerization with nitroalkane 148
butenes 185, 187 -I, from ethylene 183, 184 -2,3 dimethyl 188 in codimerization 166 dimerization of 181 from propylene 250
butenoic acid codimerization with butadiene 168 codimerization with isoprene 169
C-H activation 340 cadmium, dichloro 74 Calderon, N. 229 carbalkoxy carbenes 133-134 carbamates 33 (5R,6R)-carbapenem, synthesis 100 carbenes, stable, for metathesis 240 carbenoids 134 carbon dioxide chemistry 342, 344, 345 carbon monoxide, ligand of clusters 305 carbon
carbon bond fonnation 88 nitrogen double bond, hydrosily1ation 86
carbonyl compounds hydrozirconation to alcohols 88 unsaturated, reduction 84
carbonylation and hydrocyanation of C-H bonds 50 of alcohols 30 of alkenes 36 of alkynes 47
of amines 35 of aromatic C-H bond with Pd
catalysts 53 of dienes in presence of aliphatic
halides 45 of formaldehyde 13 of halogenures substrates 22 of methanol to acetic acid 339 of toluene 50 reactions 112, 132 see CO insertion 21
carboxylic acids synthesis from a1kenes 42 synthesis from R - H 51
carbynes as precursors for alkyne metathesis 242
carenone B synthesis 103 caronafacic acid, synthesis 108 carotene, synthesis 123 catalysts
heterogeneous, for olefin oligomerization 188
supported, for olefin oligomerization 188
catalytic cycle for the dehydrogenation of alkanes by L2ReH7 267
catalyzed reductions 65 cationic iridium complexes 65 cerium, Ce(II) in reduction reactions 72 Chauvin, Y. 156,239 Chiusoli, G. P., 168 chorismic acid 134 chrome, hexacarbonyl 82 chronoselectivity 194, 220, 223 chrysanthemic acid 134 cis-insertion 199 cis-I,4-polybutadiene 216, 217, 223 cis-1,4-polyisoprene 216 citronellol
asymmetric synthesis III from isoprene 150, lSI
citroviridin 135 C1aisen rearrangement 115 cluster
catalysis 317 class 293 definition 293 heterogeneous catalysis 326 reactivity 311 supported 322
cobalt catalysts 24, 30, 36
352 INDEX
cobalt -contd. catalysts, for methanol carbonylation 7 dichloro 72, 74 dicobalt octacarbonyl 72 pentacyanocobaltate anion 67 tris-(triphenylphosphine)chlorocobalt 72
coenzyme PI, synthesis 104 complex
bis ethylene 187 reducing agents (CRA) 75
complexation cationic for oligomerization 179 non ionic for oligomerization 181 with complexes of Co, Mo, Rh, Pt 120,
121, 127 concerted coupling 184 conjugate addition 97, 127, 110 conjugated dienes
hydrosilylation 82 hydrozirconation 89 reduction to monoenes 67, 82
coordination vacancy 217 copolymerization, of epichlorohydrin 2,5,
with methyloxirane 226 copolymers from cycloolefins 232 copper (I) complex 285 copper catalysts 33, 36 copper
bis(diphenylphosphine)copper boro-hydride 74
catalysis 130-134 cuprous bromide 76 hydrides 76
coriolin, synthesis 113 Cossee's type centers 205 coupling
oxidative and reductive systems 290 reactions 100, 104
Crabtree, R. H. 263 Cramer, R. 185 crystal structures of agostic complexes 271 cuprous chloride as catalyst for dimethyl
carbonate synthesis 13 cyanide as a ligand 68 cyclic ethers synthesis 133 cyclizations 1 cycloadditions 131-134 cyclobutane 187 cyclodecadiene 1-5 metathesis 233 cycloheptatriene 133 1,3-cyclohexadiene metathesis 90
cyclohexene by metathesis of 1,3-COD 90 by reduction of benzene 78
cyclometallation of neopentyl groups on Pt(lI) 258 of the bis(neopentyl) thorium 269
cyclooctene cross metathesis with propylene 233
polymerization 241 cyc!opentadienyl metal hydrides 69 cyclopentanone 134 cyc!opentanones, synthesis 108 cyclopropanation of olefins 134 cyclopropanes 133 cyclopropenes 133 cymopol
monomethylether, synthesis 100 synthesis 97
cytochrome P450, 257 cis-civetone 148
CO2(CO)s 149 co-dimerization of different olefins 164 Coil catalyst for methanol homolo-
gation 10
degenerate metathesis 243 dehalogenation of organic halides 72 deprotection by oxidation 120 deuterium labelled olefins 188 diallyl ether, dimerization of 163 diazepam 133 diazoesters 134, 136 diazomalonates 136 dibromo acetone 121 dienes conjugated 67, 80
metathesis 231 reaction with aliphatic halides and car-
bon monoxide 45 dihaptocationic complex 122 dihydrocitral 152 dihydrojasmone by telomerization 142 diisobutylaluminium a1koxide 124 dimerization
aldehydes and ketones 249 of ethylene 183 of olefins, complexes for 156, 179
dimersol 189 2,3-dimethyl butadiene, telomerization
of 154 dimethyl
carbonate synthesis 13, 340 oxalate 13
dimethylbenzylether 125 dioxylylium cation 122 diplodialide B by telomerization 143 disproportionation, olefins 239 (L)-Dopa 67 double bonds, keto conjugated,
reduction 73 double CO insertion 29 Dupont's hydrocyanation 335
Eastman Tennessee process 339 elastomers, synthesis, by metathesis 250 electron
affinity 280 transfer in the excited state 277 transfer, photoinduced 287 transfer reactions 277, 286
electronic factors 217 electrophilic attack on clusters 312 elimination
0/ and (J 187, 210 reductive 188
enantioselective hydrosilylation 87 Ephritikine, M. 265 esters
from carbonylation of R-X 24 reduction to alcohols 75 synthesis from alkenes 42 unsaturated, metathesis 252
ethanol, from methanol 10 2-ethenylaninine 130 ethers, by hydrosilylation of acetals 87 ethyl ester by homologation 31 ethylene
codimerization with I-butene 188 codimerization with styrene 164-166 from propylene 250 oligomerization to olefins 177
ethylene glycol from formaldehyde 13 ethylidene diacetate 3 excited state
deactivation of 278 redox properties of 279
Felkin, H. 265 Fischer complexes 134 Fleming, M. P. 249 fluxional processes in clusters 310 formaldehyde 1 formamide from methyl formate 2 formamides synthesis 35
INDEX 353
formation of hydrido alkyl complexes 260 formic acid from methyl formate 10 formylation of aliphatic compounds 51 Forster, D. 5 Frolich, P. K. 229 Furan 121, 133
Gauthier-Lafaye 100 glycolaldehyde 13 glycosides 135 Graham, W. A. G. 260 Green, M. L. H. 260 Grigg, R. 150 ground state 278, 279, 280, 283 Grubbs, R. H. 184, 238
H2, photochemical reduction of 289 H20
as electron donor 290 photochemical oxidizing and reducing
of 289 Hagihara 144 Halpern, J. 259 Hata, G. 151 HD exchange, reaction catalyzed by Pt(lI)
complexes 263 Heck, R. F. 8 Heterogeneous catalysis, and clusters 326 hexadine, -1,5 synthesis of, by
metathesis 252 hexenes 2, 183
from propylene dimerization 181 Hidai, M. 150, 151, 156 high pressure, homogeneous reduction of
CO 339 hirsutene 113 hirsutic acid 113 Hjortkjaer, J. 5 Hoffmann, W. 171 homoallylic addition 99 homoestrenone, synthesis of III homogeneous catalysis process
dimersol process 335 Halcon process 335 Shell process 335 Wacker process 335
homologation of acids 339 of methanol 10 of methoxy derivatives 12
homopolymerization, of epichlorohydrin 226
354 INDEX
Hubert, A. J. 65 Huls Co. 250 humulene synthesis I, 123 hydride shift I, 2, 247 hydrides
alkenyl 188 elimination 180 for reduction reactions 65, 124
hydroalumination of acetylenes 125 hydroboration
of alkynes and alkenes 73 reactions 124, 127 selective, of ketones 75
hydrocarbonylation of benzylic alcohols 31 of 1,I-dimethoxy methane 13 of methyl acetate 3 of nitro aromatics 35
hydrocobalt carbonyl 7 hydroformylation 190 hydrogen activation
by oxidative addition 66 by homolysis 67
hydrogen iodide 11 hydrogen transfer reactions catalyzed by
transition metal complexes 259 hydrogenation 65 hydrogenolysis of a metal-alkyl bond 66,
69,71 hydroquinone derivatives, synthesis from
hydrocarbonylation of 48 hydrosilylation 80 (R· ,S*)-5-hydroxy-2methylhexanoic, acid
lactone 109 hydrozirconation 87, 124, 127
impacts by engineering requirements 342 indole synthesis 130 industrial applications of homogeneous
catalysis 334 industrial processes
alphabutol 190 dimersol 189 Shell higher olefin process (SHOP) 189,
335 insertion
alkene into RX 27 elimination 186 mechanism 184 of carbenes 132, 135 of carbon monoxide 21
olefin 71 interactions of CH bonds with metal
centres 270 interstitial complex 294 ionization potential 280 iridium, pentamethylcyclopentadienyl com-
plexes 69, 78 Ci irone 155 iron pentacarbonyl 122 iron-amine catalysts, for methanol homolo
gation 12 irradiation of CpL3Re with linear
alkanes 262 isobutene dimerization and oligomeri
zation 187 isocyanates 33, 133 isomerization
of olefins with H20s3(CO)1O 323 polymerization 215
isomerization-disproportionation in SHOP process 189
isoprene codimerization with methacrylic
ester 168 codimerization with 3-butenoic acid 168 dimerization 170 telomerization with alcohol 150 telomerization with amine 151 telomerization with water 152
isoprene dimers, functionalization 171 isoquinoline 130
Japanese mushroom by telomerization 144 jasmone, synthesis of 113 jasmonic, acid synthesis of 113 Jenner, G. 11
Keirn, W. 183 ketones from carbonylation of RX 27
hydrosilylation to alkanes 83 reaction with organolanthanides and ac
tinides hydrides 71 reduction to alcohols 75 saturated, by hydrosilylation of conju
gated ones 85 selective hydroboration in the presence
of alcohols 73 synthesis from R-H 56 synthesis from alkenes 45 synthesis from an oxidative carbonyla
tion of a C-H bond 56
INDEX 355
unsaturated selective hydrogenation 76 unsaturated metathesis 235
Khand reaction 113 kinetic aspect of photochemistry 278, 283 kinetics and thermodynamics of inter and
intramolecular CH bond 270 of polymerization 198,202,213,220,
221 Kohli, C. F. 163
labeled, experiments for metathesis mechanism 237, 243
{j-Iactams 132 lactones by telomers 143 lanthanides
for olefin hydrogenation 70 hydrides in reduction reactions 71 hydroborating systems 75
Lefebvre, G. 156 level, Eg and T2g 283, 284 Lewis
acid 72 role in metathesis 247
bases 206, 214 ligand field 283 ligand, migration over, and in clusters 308,
311 Iigand-to-metal charge transfer excited state
(LMCT) 281-284 Iinalool lSI, 152, 171 lipoic acid bytelomerization 143 lithium
aluminium hydride 65, 72, 88 alkyls 71 class of cluster 293 hydride 75
macrocycles from metathesis 242 macrocyclic ketones synthesis 123 macrolides, antibiotics precursors I, 121,
133 maleoylmetalcomplex 122 malonate anion 121 Marks, T. J. 269 Matsutake alchol synthesis 124, 114 McKinney, R. J. 158 McMurry, J. E. 249 McQuillin, F. J. 171 mechanism
for alkene oxidative carbonylation with Pd catalysts 45
mechanism for carbonylation of al-dehydes 58
cossee 198, 202, 204 for toluene carbonylation 51 metathesis 236 polymerisation 198
initiation 198 propagation 199
metal activation of CO 1 alkyl bond 88 hydrogenolysis 66, 70
metal-to-ligand charge transfer excited state (LMCT) 281-284
metallacarbenes in metathesis reaction 240
metallacyclic mechanism 187 metallacyclobutadienes as intermediates for
alkyne metathesis 239 metallacyclobutane as intermediates for
olefin metathesis 239 metallacyclopentane 187
in metathesis mechanism 238 metallation 117 metallo porphyrins 291 metallocarbenes 186 metathesis catalysts
and related process 335 norbornene, cyclooctene and dicyclopen
tadiene 335 SHOP and triolefin process (hetero
geneous) 335 metathesis
2-pentene 240 alkynes 233 cross 241 equilibrium 243 heterogeneous catalysts 235 homogeneous catalysts 236 industrial applications 249 mechanism 236 rate 243
methane activation 262 methanol
carbonylation of 32 cobalt catalyzed BASF process 3 rho,dium based Monsanto process 3
homologation 10 to gasoline (MTG) process from
methanol 1
356 INDEX
methyl amines chloride carbonylation 29 dihydrojasmonate by telemerization 143,
148 esters 1
homologation 31 formate from methanol 1,9, 340 formate , isomerization 10 halides I iodide as promoter in methanol carbony
lation 2 lutecium complex 269
2-methyl-2-butene, dimerization and oligomerization 187
6-methyl-3,8-nonadien-2-ol 153, 154 methyloleate cometathesis with
ethylene 216 2-methyl-l-pentene from propylene 177 4-methyl-l-pentene from propylene 177 Michael reactions 94 Miller, O. A. 247 Misono, A. 156 molecular metal oxides (and sulfide), class
of cluster 294 molecular weight distribution 193 monoelectronic reaction 289 monoenes by reduction of conjugated
dienes 68 Monsanto process 3, 67, 335, 339 Morikawa, H. 170 muconic acid 118 Muetterties, E. L. 248 muscone
by telomerization 142, 150 synthesis of 112
muscopyridine 97 myrcene 171
naked cluster, class of cluster 293 nanomycin A synthesis 122 naphtoquinones 122 nickel
catalysts for olefin oligomerization 180, 190
catalysts for methanol carbonylation 8 complexes 104 nicra 75 catalysts 32 cationic complexes in dimerization 161,
162
dichloro 1,1' -bis(diphenylphosphino) ferrocene nickel (11) 83
nitrites hydrozirconation to aldehydes 89 reduction by hydrides 71 ex, /3-unsaturated reduction 76
nitro group reduction 69, 74 nitroalkane, telomerization with
butadiene 147 nitrobenzene 132 nitrosylmolybdenum, complex 123 Noels, A. F. 65 norbornene metathesis 250 norsorex 250 nucleophilic
addition on clusters 312 attack of methoxide 9 attack on the ligands of clusters 312 attack of a metal hydride 67 substitutions 107
Nugent 158
02' photochemical reduction of 290 ocimene 171 Oehme, O. 158 olefin
acyclic mono, metathesis of 230 catalysts for oligomerization 179 cyclic, metathesis 231 enantioselectivity 178 functional, metathesis 235 hydrogenolysis 70 hydrositylation 80 insertion 70 keto and ester, conjugated, selective
reduction 77 linear, from ethylene 183 /3, metathesis 230 metathesis of 230 metathesis reaction 215 mono and poly, synthesis, via
metathesis 230 nickel cationic complexes for oligomeri-
zation 180, 181 poly-, metathesis 230 oligomerization 177 reduction or hydrogenation 65 synthesis 183
oligomeric reduction 65 oligomerization 111 opportunities for homogeneous
catalysis 334
INDEX 357
organic halides dehalogenation 71 organic preparation 90
organocopper, reagents preparation 96 organozirconium compounds 90 orthoiminoaryl, palladium 131 oxalate
ester synthesis 340 oxidative carbonylation of alcohols 32,
33 oxazolone compounds
synthesis from amido-alcohol with cobalt 59
synthesis from acyl chloride 59 oxidants 279, 283, 286 oxidation 118 okidative
addition 20 addition of alkane CH bonds to or
ganometallics 258 addition of CH bond into the Th(IV)
and Lu(JII) 269 addition on clusters 313 carbonylation 13 carbonylation of alkenes 45 state of titanium 213, 214
oximes, hydrosilylation to amines 87 oxiranes 224 I'-oxo-polynuclear structure 225
palladium catalysts 23, 25, 27, 30, 32, 36 1r-allylchloropalladium 82 (II) carboxylates 134 catalysts in telomerisation 141 cationic complexes in dimerization 61 optically phosphine complex 151, 152
palladium/copper halide 14 Parshall, G. W. 270 pellitornine by telomerization 146 penicillines 132 pentachlorothiophenoxide 6 pentene, -2, metathesis 248 phalloindin 130 phase transfer
catalysis in reduction of aromatic rings 79
carbonylation of R-X 24 phenol, telomerization with butadiene 145 phenyl pyruvic 29
pheromone 12-acetoxy-I,3-dodecadine 145 6£, liZ, hexadecadien-I-yl acetate 147 dimethylpentadecan-2-01 147 endo brevicomin 150 queen substance 147
phosphine oxides, reduction to phosphines 72
phosphine effect on regioselectivity in dimerization of olefins 181
phosphines, by reduction of phosphines oxides 72
photo-redox chemistry 277, 281 photocatalysts, redox 277, 281 photochemical dehydrogenation of cy-
c100ctane 265 photoisomerization 288 phtazohyliton, intermediates 122 piperylene, telomerization of 152 platinum
N-ethylpiperidine catalysts 9 N-methyl formate synthesis
catalyst for olefin oligomerization 187 hexachloroplatinic acid 69, 80
polar substituents 223 polychloroaromatics 100 polyethylene 197 polymerization
of mono and diolefin 195,216, 335 polar vinyl monomer 223 ring opening 241
polypentene, cis or trans, by metathesis 244
polypropylene 197,214 Pracejus, H. 158 propene
in codimerization 165 dimerization 177, 189 metathesis 250 trimerization 182
prostaglandins 93,97,107,110,115,118, 121, 124
protection of conjugated diene 107 prototropic isomerizations 114 pterocarpine synthesis 116 pyrethroid peptide
pheromones 107, 122 pyrethrolone by telomerization 145 pyridines, synthesis pyrimidines, synthesis 133 pyrones, maleimides 133
358 INDEX
pyrrole synthesis 130, 131
Queen substance 108, 147 quenching reaction
bimolecular 278, 279 processes of 286 products of 283 reductive and oxidative 286, 288, 289
quinones synthesis 131, 132
radical abstraction of hydrogen atoms, chlori
nation 257 abstraction of hydrogen atoms, autooxy·
dation 257 reactions
of alkanes with carbenes 257 of alkanes with superacide 257
rearrangement intramolecular 186 prototropic 114
recifeiolide 149 redox potential 280 reductant 285, 286 reductions
chemoselectives of unsaturated ni-triles 76
chemoselectives of conjugated olefins 76 chemoselectives of aromatic rings 78 of organic molecules by hydrides 71 of organic molecules by hydrosily-
lation 80 reductive coupling by Ti and Zr
species 123 regioselectivity 194, 204,214,217,221,223 Reppe hydroformylation 22 Reppe, W., synthesis 35 rhodium
catalysts 29, 32, 34, 132 catalysts, for methanol carbonylation 5 (II) carboxylates 134, 135 catalyst for oligomerization reaction 187 cationic diene complex 67 dicarbonyl chlororhodium dimer 76 1,5-hexadienechlororhodium dimer 79 pentamethylcyclopentadienyl
complexes 69, 79, 81 trichloride 78 Wilkinson's catalyst 66, 67, 76
ring closure 81 ring contraction 188
Rodriguez Van Looy model 205 Romano, U. 13 Rosenmund reaction 23 Rothwell, 1. P. 269 Royal jelly acids 112, 147, 149 «ule, 18 electrons, in clusters 304 ruthenium
catalysts 35 catalysts for methylacetate homolo-
gation 12 and iridium polyhydrides 266 hexamethylbenzene complex 78 tris(triphenylphosphine)dichloro-
ruthenium 69 Ru(bipy)i + 282-285 RuOx (heterogeneous catalysts) 289 safety, and environmental control 344 sarcomycin 113 Schiff bases, hydrosilylation to amines 87 Schneider, V. 229 Schrock, R. R. 184, 185 Schulz Flory distribution in ethylene
oligomerization 182 Shilov, A. R. 263 SHOP process 189 silanes in hydrosilylation reactions 81 silica and supported clusters 326 silicium, trimethylsilyltriflate 87 silylenolate, preparation 127 sylyl-enol ethers by hydrosilylation 84
synthesis from alkenes and carbon monoxide 38
sodium borohydride 71 dihydridoaluminate 88 hydride 71 methoside 9
solid surfaces 215 Speier catalyst 80 statistics of placements 221 stereoselectivites in metathesis 242 stereoselectivity 194, 197, 203, 223, 228 stereospecific synthesis of
prostaglandin 125 Stern-Volmer equation 279 steroids
hydrogenation 67 intermediates 144
styrene codimerization 164, 166 dimerization of 163
INDEX 359
hydrosilylation 82 substitution, nucleophilic 20 sulfur ylids 135, 136 supported molecular clusters 322 synthesis
gas chemistry 338 of aldehydes 23 of amides 24 of carboxylic acids 24, 27 of esters 24 of ketoacids 29 of ketones 25, 27 of olefins from alkanes 257
Tanaka, H. 151 tantalacyclobutane, rearrangement 187,
188 tantalacyclopentane 187 tantalum
complexes for metathesis 240, 247 alkylydene complexes for ethylene
oligomerization 183, 187 hydride 188
technological drives 343 telomerization reactions Ill, 141 terpene 171 terpenol 152, 153 tetraalkylidene complex in metathesis
mechanism 237 tetFaelectronic process 289 tetramethylsilane, CH bond activation 259 thermodynamics, factors of oxidative addi-
tion of RH 259 thioesters, synthesis from alkenes 42 thiophenium ylids 134, 136 thuyaplicin, synthesis 121 tin
alkyl, as cocatalysts for olefin metathesis 236
dichloride 69 tributyltin hydrides 74
titanacyclopentane 188 titane
biscyclopentadienyl dichlorotitane 73 trichloride 72, 73
titanium aluminium methylene complexes 134, 135
carbene 135 catalysts for ethylene dimerization 183 catalysts for ethylene oligomeri-
zation 182
cyclopentadienyl complex 198 trichloride 195
Tkatchenko, I. 144, 160 Tolstikov, G. A. 167 p-tolqaldehyde, synthesis from carbonyla-
tion of toluene 50 toluene, carbonylation 50 trans styrenes, synthesis 124, 125 transalkylation 236 transalkylidenation 236 transitions
charge transfer (CT) 281 electronic 281, 284 metal-centered 281, 284
transmetallation 90, 116 trialkylbutyltin hydride 126 1,2,3-triazolidines 133 triolefin, process 250 tropones 121 tryptophane 130 Tsuji, J. 143 tungsten
carbonyls, for metathesis 236 hexachloride, catalyst for metathesis 236
Ullmann coupling 100 unsaturated acids, synthesis from alkyne
carbonylation 48 ureas 33
vanadium chloride 75 Vestenamer 8012, 250 vinyl
acetal dimerization of 163 acetate, from ethylidene diacetate 5 boranes preparation 124 cuprates preparation 97 halides 24, 30, 133 silanes, codimerization 170 silanes, dimerization of 163
vinylzirconium 110 Vitamin E K 152, 153 Vitamin E, synthesis 135 Vitamin K 104
Wacker Hoechst 143, 150 Wacker process 11, 102, 118 water gas shift
catalyzed by RU3(CO)12 324 mechanism with Rh6(CO)16 on
alumina 326
360
water, telomerization of isoprene 163, 170 Watson, P. L. 269 Wender, I. 10 Wilkinson complex 67, 76, 120, 127 Withesides, G. M. 258 Woodward Hoffman rules for metathesis
mechanism 237
Zakharkin, L. I. 147 Ziegler
catalysts 81 type catalysts 163, 170
INDEX
Ziegler N atta catalysts catalysis 336 heterogeneous systems 135 polymerization catalysts 125 soluble complexes 197
zirconium biscyc!opentadienyl complexes 88 catalysts for ethylene oligomeri-
zation 183 catalyzed reaction 127 palladium exchange reactions 127 tetrachloro 90