Catalytic Addition of C?-?H Bonds to C?-?C Multiple Bonds.- Chelation-Assisted Arylation via C-H Bond Cleavage.- Catalytic Arylation and Vinylation Reactions Directed by Anionic Oxygen Functions via Cleavage of C?-?H and C?-?C Bonds.- Chelate-Directed Oxidative Functionalization of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds: Synthetic Applications and Mechanistic Insights.- Directed C?-?C Bond Activation by Transition Metal Complexes.- Directed Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation of Alkenes.- Directed Mizoroki-Heck Reactions.

This book provides the broad scientific readership with a comprehensive summary and critical overview of a topic in organometallic chemistry. A wide variety of catalytic functionalization reactions of C-H bonds by the utilization of a chelation have been developed recently and are comprehensively discussed in this book by leading experts. In addition, new approaches to directed hydrometalation and directed carbometalation as a key step are also discussed.