Metal Amide Chemistry

Preface.

1. Introduction.

1.1. Scope and Organisation of Subject Matter.

1.2. Developments and Perspectives.

2. Alkali Metal Amides.

2.1. Introduction.

2.2. Lithium Amides.

2.3. Sodium Amides.

2.4. Potassium Amides.

2.5. Rubidium Amides.

2.6. Caesium Amides.

3. Beryllium and the Alkaline Earth Metal Amides.

3.1. Introduction.

3.2. Beryllium Amides.

3.3. Magnesium Amides.

3.4. Calcium Amides.

3.5. Strontium Amides.

3.6. Barium Amides.

4. Amides of the Group 3 Lanthanide Metals.

4.1. Introduction.

4.2. The Pre-1996 Literature: Anwander's Review.

4.3. The Recent (Post-1995) Literature.        

5. Amides of the Actinide Metals.

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Neutral Amidouranium (IV) and Thorium (IV) Complexes.

5.3. Neutral UIII Amides.

5.4. Neutral Mixed Valence (UIII/UIV), UII UV and UVI Amides.

5.5. Amidouranates.

5.6. Amidouranium Tetraphenylborates.

6. Amides of the Transition Metals.

6.1. Introduction.

6.2. Transition Metal Derivatives of Monodentate Amides.

6.3. Transition Metal Complexes of Polydentate Amido Ligands.

6.4. Other Chelating Amido Ligands.

7. Amides of Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury.

7.1. Introduction.

7.2. Neutral Homoleptic Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury Amides.

7.3. Ionic Metal Amides.

7.4. Lewis Base Complexes, Chelated Metal Amides and Heteroleptic Amido Complexes.

8. Amides of the Group 13 Metals.

8.1. Introduction.

8.2. Aluminum Amides.

8.3. Gallium Amides.

8.4. Indium Amides.

8.5. Thallium Amides.

9. Subvalent Amides of Silicon and the Group 14 Metals.

9.1. Introduction.

9.2. Subvalent Amidosilicon Compounds.

9.3. Amidometal(II) Chemistry [Ge(II), Sn(II), Pb(II)].

9.4. Dimeric Metal(III) Imides: Biradicaloid Compounds.

9.5. Higher-Nuclearity Group 14 Metalloid Clusters having Amido Ligands.

10. Amides of the Group 15 Metals (As, Sb, Bi).

10.1. Introduction.

10.2. Mononuclear Group 15 Metal (III) Amides.

10.3. Oligomeric Group 15 Metal Imides.

10.4. Mononuclear Group 15 Metal (V) Amides.

10.5. Group 15 Metal (III) Macrocyclic Imides.

10.6. Miscellaneous Group 15 Metal-Nitrogen Compounds.

Index.