Main group organometallic chemistry

Structure of [Cp*Al]₄, a main group organometallic compound.

Main group organometallic chemistry concerns the preparation and properties of main-group elements directly bonded to carbon. The inventory is large. The compounds exhibit a wide range of properties, including ones that are water-stable and others that are pyrophoric.^[1] Many are very useful themselves, as chemical reagents, or as catalysts.^[2]

^ Housecroft, Catherine E. (2018). Inorganic chemistry (Fifth ed.). Harlow, England ; New York: Pearson. ISBN 978-1-292-13414-7.
^ C. Elschenbroich (2006). Organometallics. VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-29390-2.

[1] Housecroft, Catherine E. (2018). Inorganic chemistry (Fifth ed.). Harlow, England ; New York: Pearson. ISBN 978-1-292-13414-7.

[2] C. Elschenbroich (2006). Organometallics. VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-29390-2.

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