Best organometallic chemistry books according to redditors
We found 7 Reddit comments discussing the best organometallic chemistry books. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 7 Reddit comments discussing the best organometallic chemistry books. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
I really love Principles and Applications of Organotransition Metal Chemistry, also known as "Collman and Hegedus"
Smith book?
Leroy book?
I don't know how good/bad your textbook is, but I bought the solutions manual to mine. I did every single problem at the end of the chapters (we didn't have assigned written homework from the book, only some online thing), even the ones that I was sure I knew the answer to. I still have the 2-3 spiral notebooks I did all my problems in. I got an A in both.
This is the textbook I used for Organic Chemistry
You could try Collman's book, http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Applications-Organotransition-Metal-Chemistry/dp/0935702512 that was sort of the classic for a long time, but of course it's missing the past 20 years or so of progress.
Hartwig's more recent text book http://www.amazon.com/Organotransition-Metal-Chemistry-Bonding-Catalysis/dp/189138953X/ is sort of supposed to be the successor to Collman's book but it's extremely dense and a bit hard to just sit down and read.
This book http://www.amazon.com/Synthesis-Organometallic-Compounds-Practical-Inorganic/dp/0471970700 could be fun for you if your library has it.
Another classic: http://www.amazon.com/Problems-Solutions-Organometallic-Chemistry-Kegley/dp/0935702237 that one's fun to go through.
In all cases if you find examples, etc that are interesting to you, go to the references and read the original paper!
I would also definitely recommend starting to follow relevant published research, the ACS journal "Organometallics" being an obvious starting point (http://pubs.acs.org/journal/orgnd7)
I think the book also has a lot to do with it. I (unfortunately) had to retake orgo after graduating from undergrad, and when I retook it, my class used a different book, and it made all the difference. In addition, a friend of mine just started taking orgo and she asked me if I had any advice: I told her to get this book in addition to her book. I kid you not, she called me today and said, "that book is fucking magical."
Here's the book.
Apparently its also on Scribd with the answer keys. Good luck!