It is now some sixteen years since the author's first series of books on the analysis of organometallic compounds. Many developments in the subject have occurred since that time and a new book on the subject is now overdue. The present book aims to provide a comprehensive review of the subject. It covers not only all aspects of the analysis of organometallic compounds but also contains two additional chapters, dealing with environmental analysis and the use of chelates of metals in the determination of very low concentrations of organic metals. Whilst reviewing the literature for the present book, it was observed that whereas papers published prior to 1973 dealt almost exclusively with various forms of analysis, a high proportion of those published during the past ten years were concerned with the application of proven or newly developed methods to the determination of organometallic compounds in environmental samples such as water, air, soil, river and ocean sediments, fish life and biota samples. An increasing range of elements including mercury, lead, arsenic, tin, antimony, selenium and manganese are now being found in organically bound forms in the environment, some resulting from pollution, others formed in nature by bacterial processes. As many of these substances have appreciable implications to human and animal health and the ecosystem as a whole, it was considered that it would be timely to include a separate chapter in the book devoted entirely to this subject.

Inhaltsangabe1 Determination of Elements and Functional Groups.- Organoaluminium Compounds.- A. Determination of Aluminium.- B. Determination of Carbon and Hydrogen.- C. Determination of Aluminium-bound Halogens.- D. Determination of Aluminium-bound Alkyl Groups up to Butyl and&&&Hydride Groups.- E. Determination of Higher Aluminium-bound Alkyl Groups.- F. Determination of Higher Alkyl and Alkoxide Groups.- G. Determination of Aluminium-bound Alkoxide Groups up to Butoxy.- H. Determination of Aluminium-bound Amino Groups.- I. Determination of Aluminium-bound Thioalkoxide Groups.- Organoantimony Compounds.- A. Determination of Antimony.- Organoarsenic Compounds.- A. Determination of Arsenic.- B. Determination of Carbon.- C. Determination of Fluorine.- D. Determination of Sulphur.- Organoberyllium Compounds.- A. Determination of Carbon and Hydrogen.- Organobismuth Compounds.- A. Determination of Bismuth.- Organoboron Compounds.- A. Determination of Boron, Carbon and Hydrogen.- B. Determination of Chlorine.- C. Determination of Nitrogen and Boron.- D. Determination of Hydride and Active Hydrogen.- Organocalcium Compounds.- A. Determination of Carbon and Hydrogen.- Organo chromium Compounds.- A. Determination of Chromium.- Organocobalt Compounds.- A. Determination of Cobalt.- Organocopper Compounds.- A. Determination of Copper.- Organogermanium Compounds.- A. Determination of Germanium.- B. Determination of Carbon and Hydrogen.- C. Determination of Alkoxy Germanes and Mercaptogermanes.- Organoiron Compounds.- A. Determination of Iron.- Organolead Compounds.- A. Determination of Lead.- B. Determination of Organolead Compounds in Petroleum via&&&the determination of Lead.- C. Determination of Carbon and Hydrogen.- D. Determination of Halogen.- Organolithium Compounds.- A. Determination of Lithium, Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen.- Organomagnesium Compounds.- A. Determination of Carbon and Hydrogen.- B. Determination of Alkyl Groups.- Organomanganese Compounds.- A. Determination of Manganese.- Organomercury Compounds.- A. Determination of Mercury.- B. Determination of Carbon, Sulphur, Halogens and Oxygen.- C. Determination of Carbon, Hydrogen and Mercury.- D. Determination of Oxygen.- Organonickel Compounds.- A. Determination of Nickel.- Organopalladium Compounds.- A. Determination of Palladium and Chloride.- Organophosphorus Compounds.- A. Determination of Phosphorus.- B. Determination of Iron, Silicon, Titanium, Arsenic and&&&Phosphorus.- C. Determination of Carbon and Hydrogen.- D. Determination of Nitrogen.- E. Determination of Oxygen.- F. Determination of Halogens.- G. Determination of Sulphur.- Organoplatinum Compounds.- Organopotassium Compounds.- Organoselenium Compounds.- A. Determination of Selenium.- B. Determination of Carbon and Hydrogen.- Organosilicon Compounds.- Determination of Elements.- A. Determination of Silicon.- B. Determination of Phosphorus and Silicon.- C. Determination of Aluminium and Silicon.- D. Determination of Titanium, Silicon, Phosphorus and&&&Aluminium.- E. Determination of Tin, Silicon and Titanium.- F. Determination of Hydrogen, Silicon and Halogen.- G. Determination of Halogens.- Determination of Functional Groups.- H. Determination of Alkoxy and Aryloxy Groups.- I. Determination of Acetoxy Groups.- J. Determination of Silicon bound Hydroxy Groups.- K. Determination of Mercaptosilanes.- L. Determination of Silidyne Groups.- M. Determination of Unsaturation.- N. Determination of Phenyl and Alkyl Groups.- O. Determination of Hydrocarbon Constituents.- P. Non-Aqueous Titrimetry.- Organothallium Compounds.- A. Determination of Carbon, Hydrogen and Thallium.- Organotin Compounds.- A. Determination of Tin.- B. Determination of Carbon and Hydrogen.- C. Determination of Halogens.- D. Determination of Nitrogen.- E. Determination of Sulphur.- Organotitanium Compounds.- A. Determination of Titanium, Iron, Phosphorus, Silicon and&&&Chlorine.- Organozinc Compounds.- A. Determination of Zinc.- B. Determination of Halogens.- C.