Landmarks in Organo - Transition Metal Chemistry: A Personal View

This book is neither a textbook nor an autobiography. If I take into account that in recent years organometallic chemistry has not only grown tremendously but also concerns the chemistry of the majority of the elements of the Periodic Table, it is nearly impossible to cover the historical development of the whole field. Therefore, I limited the content to compounds of the transition metals which also happen to be the most important components in homogeneous catalysis.A renaissance in the field of inorganic chemistry began in the middle of the twentieth century. In the years following the discoveries of A. Werner and S. M. Jørgensen at the turn of the century, the field was relatively inactive. The publication of Linus Pauling’s Nature of the Chemical Bond in 1938 and World War II shortly thereafter launched this renaissance.The work is of very high quality and the author is to be congratulated on having given us a very informative and eminently readable and enjoyable book. He clearly has a profound knowledge of the subject and, as one of its leading
practitioners, offers his readers a unique overview. I commend it with confidence
and much enthusiasm.

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