The chemistry of pincer compounds

Ch. 1. Organometallic pincer-type complexes : recent applications in synthesis and catalysis / Jairton Dupont, Crestina S. Consorti and John Spencer

Ch. 2. Synthesis and transformation of allyl- and allenyl-metal species by pincer complex catalysis / K. J. Szabo

Ch. 3. Chiral pincer complexes and their application to asymmetric synthesis / Christopher J. Richards and John S. Fossey

Ch. 4. Desulfurization catalyzed by nickel PCP-pincer compounds / J. Torres-Nieto and J. J. Garcia

Ch. 5. Pincer systems as models for the activation of strong bonds : scope and mechanism / B. Rybtchinski and D. Milstein

Ch. 6. 'Pincer'-carbene complexes / Eduardo Peris and Robert H. Crabtree

Ch. 7. Pincer complexes derived from benzimidazolin-2-ylidene ligands / F. E. Hahn and M. C. Jahnke

Ch. 8. Pincer complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes. Potential uses as pharmaceuticals / Matthew J. Panzner, Claire A. Tessier and Wiley J. Youngs

Ch. 9. chemistry of PCP pincer phosphinite transition metal complexes / David Morales-Morales

Ch. 10. Nitrogen-based pincers : a versatile platform for organometallic chemistry / Preston A. Chase and Gerard van Koten

Ch. 11. S-P-S and S-C-S pincer ligands in coordination chemistry and catalysis / N. Mezailles and P. Le Floch

Ch. 12. Pincer ligand complexes with unusual atoms and molecular backbones / Hermann A. Mayer, William C. Kaska, Flor Toledo Rodriguez and Wolfgang Leis

Ch. 13. Rigid PNP pincer ligands and their transition metal complexes / O. V. Ozerov

Ch. 14. Pincer, chelate and spirocyclic metal carbene complexes from bis(iminophosphorano)methane ligands / Ronald G. Cavell

Ch. 15. Pincer and chelate carbodiphosphorane complexes of noble metals / Ronald G. Cavell

Ch. 16. Hypervalent organotin, aluminium, antimony and bismuth Y,C,Y-chelate complexes / R. Jambor and L. Dostal

Ch. 17. Stability of supported pincer complex-based catalysts in Heck catalysis / William J. Sommer, Christopher W. Jones and Marcus Weck

Ch. 18. Dendrimers incorporating metallopincer functionalities : synthesis and applications / Preston A. Chase and Gerard van Koten

Ch. 19. Perspective and prospects for pincer ligand chemistry / William D. Jones.