Organized to provide maximum utility to the bench synthetic chemist.

• The editor is well-known for his work in exploring, developing, and applying organopalladium chemistry.
• Contributors include over 24 world authorities in the field.

PREFACE.

CONTRIBUTORS.

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND.

Historical Background of Organopalladium Chemistry

Fundamental Properties of Palladium and Patterns of the Reactions of Palladium and Its Complexes.

PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS: STOICHIOMETRIC PREPARATION, IN SITU GENERATION, AND SOME PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES.

Background for Part II.

Pd(0) and Pd(II) Compounds Without Carbon-Palladium Bonds.

Organopalladium Compounds Containing Pd(0) and Pd(II).

Palladium Complexes Containing Pd(I), Pd(III), or Pd(IV).

PALLADIUM-CATALYZED REACTIONS INVOLVING REDUCTIVE ELIMINATION.

Background for Part III.

Palladium-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Cross-Coupling.

Palladium-Catalyzed Carbon-Hydrogen and Carbon- Heteroatom Coupling.

PALLADIUM-CATALYZED REACTIONS INVOLVING CARBOPALLADATION.

Background for Part IV.

The Heck Reaction (Alkene Substitution via Carbopalladation- Dehydropalladation) and Related Carbopalladation Reactions.

Palladium-Catalyzed Tandem and Cascade Carbopalladation of Alkynes and 1,1-Disubstituted Alkenes.

Allylpalladation and Related Reactions of Alkenes, Alkynes, Dienes, and Other -Compounds.

Alkynyl Substitution via Alkynylpalladation-Reductive Elimination.

Arene Substitution via Addition-Elimination.

Carbopalladation of Allenes.

Synthesis of Natural Products via Carbopalladation.

Cyclopropanation and Other Reactions of Palladium-Carbene (and Carbyne) Complexes.

Carbopalladation via Palladacyclopropanes and Palladacyclopropenes.

Palladium-Catalyzed Carbozincation.

PALLADIUM-CATALYZED REACTIONS INVOLVING NUCLEOPHILIC ATTACK ON LIGANDS.

Background for Part V.

Palladium-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution Involving Allylpalladium, Propargylpalladium, and Related Derivatives.

Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions Involving Nucleophilic Attack on -Ligands of Palladium-Alkene, Palladium-Alkyne, and Related Derivatives.

PALLADIUM-CATALYZED CARBONYLATION AND OTHER RELATED REACTIONS INVOLVING MIGRATORY INSERTION.

Background for Part VI.

Migratory Insertion Reactions of Alkyl-, Aryl-, Alkenyl-, and Alkynylpalladium Derivatives Involving Carbon Monoxide and Related Derivatives.

Migratory Insertion Reactions of Allyl, Propargyl, and Allenylpalladium Derivatives Involving Carbon Monoxide and Related Derivatives.

Acylpalladation and Related Addition Reactions.

Other Reactions of Acylpalladium Derivatives.

Synthesis of Natural Products via Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylation.

Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Oxidation.

Synthesis of Oligomeric and Polymeric Materials via Palladium-Catalyzed Successive Migratory Insertion of Isonitriles.

CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION AND OTHER PALLADIUM-CATALYZED REACTIONS VIA HYDROPALLADATION, METALLOPALLADATION, AND OTHER RELATED SYN ADDITION REACTIONS WITHOUT CARBON-CARBON BOND FORMATION OR CLEAVAGE.

Background for Part VII.

Palladium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation.

Palladium-Catalyzed Isomerization of Alkenes, Alkynes, and Related Compounds without Skeletal Rearrangements.

Palladium-Catalyzed Hydrometallation.

Metallopalladation.

Palladium-Catalyzed Syn-Addition Reactions of X-Pd Bonds (X = Group 15, 16, and 17 Elements).

PALLADIUM-CATALYZED OXIDATION REACTIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DISCUSSED IN EARLIER PARTS.

Background for Part VIII.

Oxidation via Reductive Elimination of Pd(II) and Pd(IV) Complexes.

Palladium-Catalyzed or -Promoted Oxidation via 1,2- or 1,4-Elimination.

Other Miscellaneous Palladium-Catalyzed or -Promoted Oxidation Reactions.

REARRANGEMENT AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS REACTIONS CATALYZED BY PALLADIUM.

Background for Part IX.

Rearrangement Reactions Catalyzed by Palladium.

TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN ORGANOPALLADIUM CHEMISTRY.

Aqueous Palladium Catalysis.

Palladium Catalysts Immobilized on Polymeric Supports.

Organopalladium Reactions in Combinatorial Chemistry.

REFERENCES.

General Guidelines on References Pertaining to Palladium and Organopalladium Chemistry.

Books (Monographs).

Reviews and Accounts (as of September 1999).

SUBJECT INDEX.