Christoph Elschenbroich. Organometallics. Wiley‐VCH, 2006, 3rd edn, 818 pp. ISBN 3‐527‐29390‐6 (paperback)
Christoph Elschenbroich. Organometallics. Wiley‐VCH, 2006, 3rd edn, 818 pp. ISBN 3‐527‐29390‐6 (paperback)
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Christoph Elschenbroich，Wiley-VCH，2006 年，第 3 版，818 页 ISBN 3-527-29390-6（平装本）
DOI：
10.1002/aoc.1136
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发表时间：
2006
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Jonathan P. Rourke
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作者：
Jonathan P. Rourke
这是《有机金属学》的第三次完全修订版，在第二版之后大约14年。这本书的英文版与德文版同时出版。总的来说，这第三版坚持与前几版相同的总体布局。它从20页左右的介绍开始，然后花了大约250页的主族有机金属化合物，300多页的d-区有机金属化合物，20页的f-区有机金属化合物，然后是100页中最好的一部分有机金属催化。有一些附录，包括一个关于进一步阅读，和书中参考的文献贯穿始终。新版本当然是最新的，包括2005年诺贝尔化学奖的信息。这本书不适合，也不是为本科生设计的：它是一本假设化学水平相当的参考书。话虽如此，对相对基本概念的解释并不是居高临下的，值得一读，即使是对一个认为自己已经全部了解的读者。我发现这个版本（和以前的版本）的组织有些特殊，但是一个清晰的目录页和一个好的索引可以很容易地找到相关的部分。前一版的优点之一，合成程序的细节，保持不变。整理的所有材料催化成一个单一的章节加强了这本书相当。这个版本当然是全面的，甚至可以说是详尽的，涵盖了有机金属化学家所希望的一切。在消极的一面，我发现了一个不一致的标准的图表。有些图表显然是新的，并且达到了高标准，具有一致的字体和键长/宽度，而许多图表显然是从以前的版本中继承下来的。虽然这并没有改变图表的准确性，但它确实让人觉得这本书是一个草稿，而不是最终版本。偶尔会有误译和一些奇怪的句子结构，这是由于翻译，但不是那么多，使文本难以阅读。这些消极的方面并不真正干扰这本书的阅读，但它们给人一种粗制滥造的普遍印象。这是一本好书，但它几乎可以成为一本伟大的书。总之，这本书将是一个宝贵的资源，每个研究小组都应该有一本。可惜的是，它的价格没有更优惠一点，以便每个有机金属化学研究生都能买一本。
This, the third completely revised edition of Organometallics, comes some 14 years after the second edition. Apparently this English edition is published simultaneously with the fifth German edition. By and large, this third edition sticks to the same general layout as the previous editions. It starts with an introduction of 20 or so pages, before spending some 250 pages on main group organometallics, 300 odd pages on d-block organometallics, 20 pages on f-block organometallics and then the best part of 100 pages on organometallic catalysis. There are a number of appendices, including one on further reading, and the book references the literature throughout. The new edition is certainly up to date, including information on the 2005 chemistry Nobel prize. This book is not suitable for, nor was it designed for, undergraduates: it is a reference book that assumes a decent level of chemistry. That said, the explanations of relatively basic concepts are not patronizing and are worth a read, even by a reader who thinks they know it all already. I found the organization of this (and the previous editions) somewhat idiosyncratic, but a clear contents page and a good index allow relevant sections to be found with ease. One of the strengths of the previous edition, the detail on synthetic procedures, is maintained. The collation of all the material on catalysis into a single chapter strengthens the book considerably. This edition is certainly comprehensive, one might even say exhaustive, and covers everything an organometallic chemist could wish for. On the negative side, I found the diagrams of an inconsistent standard. Some diagrams were clearly new, and done to a high standard, with consistent fonts and bond lengths/widths, whereas many are clearly carried over from previous editions. Whilst this does not change the accuracy of the diagrams, it does contribute to the feeling that the book is a draft, rather than a final version. There are occasional mistranslations and some strange sentence construction that result from translation, but not so many as to render the text difficult to read. These negative aspects do not really interfere with the reading of the book, but they give a general impression of shoddiness. This is a good book, but it could so nearly have been a great book. In conclusion, this book will be a valuable resource, and every research group should have a copy handy. It is only a pity that it is not priced a little more keenly so that every graduate student in organometallic chemistry could be made to buy a copy.