Table of contents : Front Cover......Page 1 Catalysis and Organic Syntheses......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 List of Contributors......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 I. Introduction......Page 14 II. Commercial Utilization......Page 15 III. Reaction Mechanism......Page 16 IV. Secondary Products and Reactions......Page 23 V. Substrates......Page 28 VI. Catalyst Separation and Recycle......Page 59 VII. Heterogeneous Catalysts......Page 60 VIII. Catalysts Other than Cobalt and Rhodium......Page 66 References......Page 70 I. Introduction......Page 74 II. Fischer-Tropsch Related Organometallic Chemistry......Page 79 III. Possible Mechanisms for the Fischer-Tropsch Reaction......Page 99 IV. New Technology......Page 109 V. Summary......Page 112 References......Page 113 I. Introduction......Page 118 II. Methods of Preparation and Some Features of Nickel Catalysts Active for the Oligomerization of Olefins and Related Reactions......Page 120 III. Formation and Probable Structure of the Catalytically Active Species......Page 127 IV. Examples of Selectivity Control......Page 132 References......Page 150 I. Comparison Of Nickel- and Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions Of Butadiene......Page 154 II. Catalytic Species......Page 159 III. Dimerization of Butadiene......Page 161 IV. Telomerization of Butadiene......Page 164 V. Dimerization and Telomerization of Isoprene......Page 181 VI. Cyclization Reactions......Page 189 VII. Reactions of Carbon Dioxide......Page 191 VIII. Cooligomerization of Butadiene with Olefins......Page 192 IX. Oxidative Reactions of Butadiene With Pd2+ Salts......Page 194 XI. Application of the Telomerization of Butadiene to Natural Product Synthesis......Page 195 References......Page 202 I. Introduction......Page 208 II. Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation......Page 211 III. Formation of Bonds Other Than Carbon-Carbon......Page 247 References......Page 256 I. Introduction......Page 268 II. The Carbonylation of Methanol Catalyzed by Rhodium Complexes in Solution......Page 270 III. Supported Rhodium Carbonylation Catalysts for Methanol Carbonylation......Page 275 IV. Iridium-Catalyzed Methanol Carbonylation......Page 277 References......Page 280 I. Introduction......Page 282 II. The Rhodium Catalyst System......Page 284 III. Ni-Based Catalyst System......Page 304 IV. Co and Fe Catalyst System......Page 322 V. Pd-Based Catalyst System......Page 328 References......Page 329 I. Introduction......Page 332 II. Recent Studies of Catalyst Systems Discovered Prior to 1971......Page 334 III. Asymmetric Hydrogenation......Page 351 IV. Supported Transition Metal Complexes as Catalysts......Page 374 V. Membrane Systems, Phase-Transfer Catalysis, Molten Salt Systems......Page 380 VI. Transition Metal Clusters, Including Dimers......Page 381 VII. Hydrogenation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons......Page 389 VIII. Photacatalysis......Page 391 IX. Hydrogenase Systems......Page 393 X. Hydrogen Transfer from Solvents......Page 394 XI. Miscellaneous New Catalysts......Page 396 XII. Summary......Page 401 References......Page 403 I. Introduction......Page 420 II. Chloroplatinic Acid as a Homogeneous Catalyst......Page 422 III. Homogeneous Catalysis with Metals Other Than Platinum......Page 441 IV. Effects of the Structure of the Silane......Page 447 V. Studies with Conjugated Dienes......Page 454 VI. Hydrosilation of Acetylenes......Page 456 References......Page 458 I. Introduction......Page 462 II. Origins of Carbene-Metal Complexes......Page 464 III. Cyclopropanation......Page 472 IV. Stereochemical Aspects of the Olefin Metathesis Reaction......Page 481 V. Metathesis of Substrates Bearing Polar Groups......Page 495 References......Page 502 Subject Index......Page 506 Cumulative List of Contributors......Page 520 Cumulative List of Titles......Page 522