Organometallic Chemistry

Organometallic chemistry is defined as the scientific study of organometallic compounds, which are chemical compounds with at least one chemical bonding between a carbon atom of an organic molecule and a metal, such as alkali, alkaline earth, and transition metals, as well as metalloids such as boron, silicon, and selenium. Aside from connections to organyl fragments or molecules, organometallic linkages to 'inorganic' carbon, such as carbon monoxide (metal carbonyls), cyanide, or carbide, are also common. Organometallic compounds are widely used as stoichiometric catalysts in research and industrial chemical reactions, as well as in the role of catalysts to increase the rates of such reactions (e.g., in homogeneous catalysis), with target molecules including polymers, pharmaceuticals, and a wide range of other practical products. The bond between the metal atom and the carbon atom in the organic complex is often covalent. The carbon that is bonded to the central metal atom has a carbanionic characteristic when metals with relatively high electro positivity (such as sodium and lithium) generate these compounds.