Homogeneous Transition Metal Catalyzed Reactions : Developed from a Symposium Sponsored by the Catalysis Secretariat at the 199th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, April 22-27, 1990 Book

	Preface
1	Reaction Monitoring by High-Pressure Cylindrical Internal-Reflectance and Optical-Fiber Coupled Reactors	3
2	In Situ Spectroscopic Studies in Homogeneous Catalysis	19
3	NMR Techniques for Studies of Homogeneous Catalysis	33
4	Parahydrogen-Induced Polarization and Polarization Transfer in Hydrogenation and Oxidative Addition Reactions: A Mechanistic Probe	47
5	The Tricarbonylhydridocobalt-Based Hydroformylation Reaction: A Theoretical Study	75
6	Oscillations and Chaos in Some O[subscript 2] Oxidations	95
7	Flash Photolysis Studies of Reactive Organometallic Intermediates Relevant to Homogenous Catalysis	105
8	New 2,2'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl - Ru(II) Complexes for Asymmetric Catalytic Hydrogenation	123
9	Enantioselective Catalysis with Transition Metal Compounds: Right or Left - This Is the Question	143
10	Shape-Selective Olefin Epoxidation Catalyzed by Metallo "Picnic-Basket" Porphyrins	153
11	Stereocontrol in Catalyzed and Uncatalyzed Hydroborations	163
12	Functionalization of Hydrocarbons by Homogeneous Catalysis	181
13	Mercury-Photosensitized C-H Bond Functionalization	197
14	Activation of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds in Alkanes and Other Organic Molecules Using Organotransition Metal Complexes	211
15	Selective Hydroxylation of Hydrocarbons by Platinum Salts in Aqueous Media: Direct Conversion of Ethanol to Ethylene Glycol	221
16	Amidocarbonylation: Catalyst, Reaction Scope, and Industrial Application	235
17	Activation of Carbon Monoxide by Metalloradicals	249
18	Electrochemical vs. Chemical Synthesis of Homogeneous Catalysts for Regio- and Enantioselective Olefin Hydroformylation	261
19	New Carbonylations Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes	277
20	Tetracarbonylalkylcobalts from Tetracarbonylhydridocobalt and Dimethtyl Fumarate or Aldehydes	297
21	Oxides as Heterogeneous Promoters for Liquid-Phase Hydrocarbonylation Reactions with Iodocarbonylruthenium Catalysts	309
22	Rhodium-Catalyzed Reductive Carbonylation of Methanol	323
23	Hydrogen Activation by Soluble Metal Oxide Complexes	337
24	Homogeneous Bimetallic Hydroformylation Catalysis: Two Metals Are Better Than One	349
25	Hydroformylation and Hydrogenation with Platinum Phosphinito Complexes	367
26	Rhodium-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Methyl Acetate	377
27	Electronic Effects on the Synthesis, Structure, Reactivity, and Selectivity of Rhodium Hydroformylation Catalysts	395
28	Influence of Organophosphines on the Hydroformylation of Olefins Catalyzed by Anionic Ruthenium Clusters	419
29	Selectivity Control in the Amination of Ethylene Glycol	433
30	Electronic and Steric Control: Catalytic Intramolecular Carborn-Hydrogen Insertion Reactions of Diazo Compounds	443
31	Cyclizations Made Easy by Transition Metal Catalysts	463
32	Classic Process Chemistry: New Science and New Applications	479
33	Catalyzed and Noncatalyzed Hydrosilation of Organotransition Metal Acyl Complexes	491
34	Reduction of Methanol by Tetracarbonylcobalt Anion Assisted by Carbon Dioxide and Cobalt Cation	507
35	The Activation of Carbon-Oxygen Bonds: Approaches to the Catalytic Deoxygenation of Phenols by CO	515
36	High-Velocity Palladium Catalysis	529
37	Hydrosilylation: A "Homogeneous" Reaction Really Catalyzed by Colloids	541
38	Catalytic Synthesis of Polymethylsilsesquioxanes	553
39	Model Systems for Catalytic Reactions	565
40	Active Sites in Soluble Ziegler Polymerization Catalysts Generated from Titanocene Halides and Organoaluminum Lewis Acids	575
41	Homogeneous Chromium Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization	591
	Author Index	605
	Affiliation Index	606
	Subject Index	607