Modern Organonickel Chemistry

The use of nickel in organic chemistry significantly smoothes the progress of many reactions. Like many of its much more expensive counterparts, such as palladium and platinum, nickel catalyzes many unique reactions and thus enormously widens the scope in organic chemistry. Over the past few years, interest in this topic has grown such that it is now just as keen as that in organopalladium chemistry. Yet while there are numerous, very successful books on the latter, a book specializing in organonickel chemistry is long overdue. Edited by one of the leading experts in the field, this volume covers the many discoveries made over the past 30 years, and previously only scattered throughout the literature. Active researchers working at the forefront of organonickel chemistry provide a comprehensive review of the topic, including: * Nickel-catalyzed Cross-coupling Reactions * Reaction of Alkenes including Allylnickel Complexes * Reaction of Alkynes * Reaction of Dienes and Allenes * Cycloisomerization * Carbonylation and Carboxylation * Asymmetric Synthesis * Heterogeneous Catalysis The result is an essential authoritative work for both organometallic chemists and synthetic organic chemists.