This course requires considerable reading. You have to read the material suggested in class.

The topics covered in this course are covered in the textbooks listed below. Besides the textbooks every effort is made to include relevant current literature in the classes. In order to get these references you have to attend the classes!

TEXTBOOKS
Leuckhart - Transition metal Organometallics     ]     Simple and easy to read
Crabtree    -   Transition metal Organometallics    ]      Main Library

Elschenbroich  and Salzer     - Organometallics          a Concise introduction     A must for the serious student           
Coates Wade  and   Green                ] Organometallics      G. Wilkinson ,

A. Elias and B. D. Gupta            Organometallics     very similar to Elschenbroich and Salzer.

Inorganic Chemistry
                by Shriver, D.F. Atkins, P.W. Langford, C.H.
                ELBS 2nd Edition

Inorganic Chemistry
                by James E. Huheey , Ellen Lieter, Keith Leiter
                Harper International Edition.
 

Good books for reference:   If you are starting research in Organometallic Chemistry, you might want to look up the relevant topics in this reference.

Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry
9 Volumes
Pergamon Press
Edited by Wilkinson and Abel

Orbital Interactions in Chemistry
                by Albright, T., Burdett, J.K., and Wangbho
                Wiley

The Organic Chemists Book of Orbitals
            Jorgensen and Salem
            Academic Press

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