[Urbanium]

Hello,

could somebody recommend a couple of textbooks or review papers that might be a good introduction to organometallic catalysts in general, their synthesis, properties, mechanisms of reactions where these are employed and especially design of ligands for these?

I'm reading a couple of papers on nonheme-ligand iron catalysts and I'm finding some terms totally new to me, as this area was omitted from my previous education.

[Urbanium]

Anyone? I found a couple of books on Amazon, but would really appreciate an opinion before borrowing these in the University library or buying them.

[KeV_In]

#1 The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals by Robert H. Crabtree

#2 Organotransition Metal Chemistry: From Bonding to Catalysis by John Hartwig

#3 Transition Metals in the Synthesis of Complex Organic Molecules by Louis Hegedus