Based on the best-selling classic text by James P. Collman, Louis S. Hegedus, Jack R. Norton, and Richard Finke, Principles and Applications of Organotransition Metal Chemistry, Hartwig's new text provides a comprehensive new update of this vital field. It covers the most important developments in the field over the last 20 years

Structure and Bonding Dative Ligands Covalent Ligands Bound Through Metal-Carbon and Metal-Hydride Bonds Covalent Ligands Bound Through Metal-Heteroatom Bonds Ligand Substitution Reactions Oxidative Addition of Non-Polar Reagents Oxidative Addition of Polar Reagents Reductive Elimination Migratory Insertion Elimination Reactions Nucleophilic Attack on Coordinated Ligands Electrophilic Attack on Coordinated Ligands Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds Principles of Catalysis Homogenous Hydrogenation Hydrofunctionalization and Oxidative Functionalization of Olefins Catalytic Carbonylation Catalytic C-H Functionalization Cross Coupling Allylic Substitution Catalytic Metathesis of Olefins and Alkynes Olefin Polymerization