Hypercarbon Chemistry

The essential new edition of the book that put hypercarbon chemistry on the map

This book is a comprehensive and contemporary treatment of the chemistry of alkanes, alkenes, dienes, acetylenes and aromatics. It covers all major aspects of the chemistry involved in hydrocarbon transformations.

Foreword to the First Edition xiii Preface to the Second Edition xv Preface to the First Edition xvii 1. Introduction: General Aspects 1 1.1. Aims and Objectives 1 1.2. Some Definitions 2 1.3. Structures of Some Typical Hypercarbon Systems 5 1.4. The Three-Center Bond Concept: Types of Three-Center Bonds 10 1.5. The Bonding in More Highly Delocalized Systems 21 1.6. Reactions Involving Hypercarbon Intermediates 26 References 31 2. Carbon-Bridged (Associated) Metal Alkyls 37 2.1. Introduction 37 2.2. Bridged Organoaluminum Compounds 41 2.3. Beryllium and Magnesium Compounds 50 2.4. Organolithium Compounds 53 2.5. Organocopper, Silver, and Gold Compounds 58 2.6. Scandium, Yttrium, and Lanthanide Compounds 62 2.7. Titanium, Zirconium, and Hafnium Compounds 64 2.8. Manganese Compounds 66 2.9. Other Metal Compounds with Bridging Alkyl Groups 68 2.10. Agostic Systems Containing Carbon-Hydrogen-Metal 3 c -2 e Bonds 70 2.11. Conclusions 76 References 77 3. Carboranes and Metallacarboranes 85 3.1. Introduction 85 3.2. Carborane Structures and Skeletal Electron Numbers 87 3.4. MO Treatments of Closo Boranes and Carboranes 104 3.5. The Bonding in Nido and Arachno Carboranes 107 3.6. Methods of Synthesis and Interconversion Reactions 111 3.7. Some Carbon-Derivatized Carboranes 114 3.8. Boron-Derivatized Carboranes: Weakly Basic Anions [CB11H6X6]- 122 3.9. Metallacarboranes 123 3.10. Supraicosahedral Carborane Systems 133 3.11. Conclusions 137 References 137 4. Mixed Metal-Carbon Clusters and Metal Carbides 149 4.1. Introduction 149 4.2. Complexes of C n H n Ring Systems with a Metal Atom: Nido -Shaped MC n Clusters 150 4.3. Metal Complexes of Acyclic Unsaturated Ligands, C n H n +2 157 4.4. Complexes of Unsaturated Organic Ligands with Two or More Metal Atoms: Mixed Metal-Carbon Clusters 160 4.5. Metal Clusters Incorporating Core Hypercarbon Atoms 162 4.6. Bulk Metal Carbides 173 4.7. Metallated Carbocations 176 4.8. Conclusions 176 References 177 5. Hypercoordinate Carbocations and Their Borane Analogs 185 5.1. General Concept of Carbocations: Carbenium Versus Carbonium Ions 185 5.2. Methods of Generating Hypercoordinate Carbocations 188 5.3. Methods Used to Study Hypercoordinate Carbocations 189 5.4. Methonium Ion (CH 5 + ) and Its Analogs 195 5.5. Homoaromatic Cations 247 5.6. Hypercoordinate (Nonclassical) Pyramidal Carbocations 260 5.7. Hypercoordinate Heterocations 266 5.8. Carbocation-Borane Analogs 268 5.9. Conclusions 276 References 277 6. Reactions Involving Hypercarbon Intermediates 295 6.1. Introduction 295 6.2. Reactions of Electrophiles with C-H and C-C Single Bonds 298 6.3. Electrophilic Reactions of pi-Donor Systems 383 6.4. Bridging Hypercoordinate Species with Donor Atom Participation 388 6.5. Conclusions 394 References 394 Conclusions and Outlook 417 Index 419