Transition metal reagents and catalysts : innovations in organic synthesis 1. Pioneering Industrial Processes Using Homogeneous Transition Metal Catalysts 2. Basic Chemistry of Transition Metal Complexes and Their Reaction Patterns 3. Reactions of Organic Halides and Pseudohalides 4. Reactions of Allylic Compounds 5. Reactions of Conjugated Dienes 6. Reactions of Propargylic Compounds 7. Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes 8. Synthetic Reactions via Transition Metal Carbene Complexes 9. Protection and Activation by Coordination 10. Catalytic Hydrogenation Transfer Hydrogenation and Hydrosilylation 11. Reactions Promoted and Catalysed by Pd(II) Compounds