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.

Table of Contents:
1 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. Determination of Zinc-bound Alkoxy Groups.- D. Determination of Lower Alkyl and Hydride Groups.- Organozirconium Compounds.- 2 Titration Procedures.- Organoaluminium Compounds.- A. Classical Titration Procedures.- B. Conductiometric Titration.- C. Potentiometrie Titration.- D. Amperometric Titration.- E. Activity by Dielectric Constant Titration.- F. Lumometric Titration.- G. Thermometric Titration.- Organoarsenic Compounds.- Organoboron Compounds.- A. Classical Titration Procedures.- B. Potentiometrie Titration.- Organocalcium Compounds.- Organocobalt Compounds.- Organocopper Compounds.- Organogermanium Compounds.- Organoiron Compounds.- A. Classical Titration Procedures.- B. Potentiometrie Titration.- Organolead Compounds.- A. Classical Titration Procedures.- B. Amperometric Titration.- C. Conductiometric Titration.- D. Coulometric Titration.- E. High frequency Titration.- Organolithium Compounds.- A. Classical Titration Procedures.- B. Potentiometrie Titration.- C. Thermometric Titration.- D. High frequency Titration.- E. Lumometric Titration.- Organomagnesium Compounds.- A. Classical Titration Procedures.- B. Amperometric Titration.- C. Potentiometrie Titration.- Organomercury Compounds.- A. Classical Titration Procedures.- B. Potentiometrie Titration.- C. Coulometric Titration.- Organophosphorus Compounds.- A. Esters of Phosphoric Acid.- B. Esters of Phosphorous Acid.- C. Esters of Phosphonic, Phosphinic and Phosphorous Acids.- D. Esters of Pyrophosphoric Acid, Pyrophosphonic Acid, Phosphoroanhydrides,& Alky1-phosphonochloridates, Dialkylphosphorochloridates& and Alkylphosphonofluoridates.- E. Organophosphorus Fluoridates and Chloridates.- F. Phosphonium Salts and Phosphoranes.- G. Substituted Phosphines.- H. Trisubstituted Phosphine Oxides and Sulphides and bis&disubstituted phosphinyl Alkanes.- I. Dialkylphosphorodithioates, Dialkyldithiophosphates, Phosphorothioates,&Dialkylphosphonodithioates and other P - S&Compounds.- J. Alkyl Phosphonic.- K. Alkyl Silylphosphates&Organopotassium Compounds.- Organoselenium Compounds.- Organosodium Compounds.- Organosilicon Compounds.- A. Non-aqueous Titration.- B. Non-aqueous Conductiometric Titration.- C. Non-aqueous Amperometric Titration.- Organotin Compounds.- A. Classical Titration Procedures.- B. Potentiometrie Titration.- C. Amperometric and Coulometric Titration.- Organozinc Compounds.- A. Classical Titration Procedures.- B. Thermometric Titration.- 3 Spectroscopic Techniques, Visible And Ultraviolet Spectroscopy.- A. Visible Spectroscopy.- Organoaluminium Compounds.- Organoarsenic Compounds.- Organoboron Compounds.- Organochromium Compounds.- Organocobalt Compounds.- Organocopper Compounds.- Organogermanium Compounds.- Organoiron Compounds.- Organolead Compounds.- Mono-di-and Trisubstituted Lead Compounds.- Tetrasubstituted Lead Compounds.- Organomagnesium Compounds.- Organomanganese Compounds.- Organomercury Compounds.- Organonickel Compounds.- Organophosphorus Compounds.- Trialkylphosphates.- Dialkyl Hydrogen Phosphites, Trialkyl and Triaryl Phosphites.- O,0-Dialkyl-1-Hydroxyphosphonates.- Tetraethyl Pyrophosphate.- Phosphorophenoxides.- Phosphonium Salts.- Substituted Phosphine Oxides.- Alkyl Chloridates and Fluoridates and Alkylphosphoroamidocyanidate.- Dialkyldithiophosphoric Acids.- Glycerophosphates.- Organoselenium Compounds.- Organosilicon Compounds.- Organothallium Compounds.- Organotin Compounds.- Organozinc Compounds.- B. Ultraviolet Spectroscopy.- Organoboron Compounds.- Organolithium Compounds.- Organomagnesium Compounds.- Organomercury Compounds.- Organosilicon Compounds.- Organotin Compounds.- 4 Other Spectroscopic Techniques.- Organoaluminium Compounds.- A. Infrared Spectroscopy.- B. Raman Spectroscopy.- C. PMR and NMR Spectroscopy.- D. Mass Spectrometry.- Organoboron Compounds.- A. Infrared Spectroscopy.- B. NMR Spectroscopy.- C. Mass Spectrometry.- Organochromium Compounds.- Mass Spectrometry.- Organocobalt Compounds.- Infrared Spectroscopy.- Organocopper Compounds.- Mass Spectrometry.- Organogallium Compounds.- Electron probe Microanalysis.- Organogermanium Compounds.- A. Infrared Spectroscopy.- B. Mass Spectrometry.- Organoiron Compounds.- A. Infrared Spectroscopy.- B. NMR, PMR and ESR.- C. Mass Spectrometry.- D. X-Ray Diffraction and X-Ray Emission.- Organolead Compounds.- Infrared Spectroscopy.- Organolithium Compounds.- NMR Spectroscopy.- Organomanganese Compounds.- Infrared Spectroscopy.- Organomercury Compounds.- Infrared Spectroscopy.- Organonickel Compounds.- Mass Spectrometry.- Organophosphorus Compounds.- A. Infrared Spectroscopy.- B. Mass Spectrometry.- C. NMR Spectroscopy.- Organosilicon Compounds.- A. Infrared Spectroscopy.- B. Specific Functional Groups.- C. Mass Spectrometry.- D. Raman Spectroscopy.- E. NMR Spectroscopy.- Organotin Compounds.- A. Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy.- B. NMR Spectroscopy.- C. PMR Spectroscopy.- D. Mass Spectrometry.- Organozinc Compounds.- Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy.- 5 Polarographic Techniques.- Organoarsenic Compounds.- Organoboron Compounds.- Organochromium Compounds.- Organocobalt Compounds.- Organoiron Compounds.- Organolead Compounds.- Organomercury Compounds.- Organonickel Compounds.- Organophosphorus Compounds.- Organoselenium Compounds.- Organotin Compounds ,.- Organozinc Compounds.- 6 Gas Chromatography.- Organoaluminium Compounds.- Organoantimony Compounds.- Organoarsenic Compounds.- A. Alkyl and Aryl Arsines.- B. Perfluoroorganoarsenic Compounds.- C. Detectors for Organoarsenic Compounds.- D. Miscellaneous Organoarsenic Compounds.- E. Arsine.- Organoberyllium Compounds.- Organoboron Compounds.- A. Boron Alkyls.- B. Borazdes.- C. Boron Hydrides.- D. Chloroboranes.- E. Boron Halides.- F. Methyl Borate.- G. Boronates.- H. Determination of B.H. Bonding.- Organochromium Compounds.- Organocobalt Compounds.- Organocopper Compounds.- Organogallium Compounds.- Organogermanium Compounds.- A. Alkylgermanium Compounds.- B. Miscellaneous Organogermanium Compounds.- Organoiron Compounds.- A. Ferrocene and Derivatives.- B. Miscellaneous Organoiron Compounds.- Organolead Compounds.- Organolithium Compounds.- A. Vinyl Lithium.- B. Phenyl Lithium.- C. Methyl Lithium.- Organomagnesium Compounds.- A. Alkyl and Aryl Magnesium Halides.- B. Vinyl Magnesium Halides.- C. Etio Phorphyrin Magnesium Chelates.- Organomanganese Compounds.- Organomercury Compounds.- Organomolybdenum Compounds.- Organophosphorus Compounds.- A. Organophosphates and Thiophosphates.- B. Trialkyl and Triarylphosphites.- C. Trialkyl Phosphines, Phosphine Oxides and other oxygenated&Organophosphorus Compounds.- D. Phosphoronitrilo Halides and Phosphorus Chlorides and&Oxychlorides.- E. Insecticides and Pesticides.- Organoruthenium Compounds.- Organo selenium Compounds.- Organosilicon Compounds.- A. Silicon Hydrides.- B. Alkyl and Aryl Silanes.- C. Chlorosilanes.- D. Alkyl, Aryl and Vinyl Chlorosilanes.- E. Alkoxy Silanes.- F. Siloxanes.- G. Silyl Ethers and Silyl Thioethers.- H. Miscellaneous Organosilicon Compounds.- I. Detectors for Organosilicon Compounds.- J. Micropyrolysis-Gas Chromatography.- Organotellurium Compounds.- Organotin Compounds.- A. Alkyltin and Vinyltin Compounds.- B. Organotin Halides.- C. Organotin Oxides and Hydroxides.- Organozinc Compounds.- A. Alkylzinc Compounds.- B. Zincdialkyldithiophosphates.- 7 Chromatography of Metal Chelates.- A. Introductory.- B. Gas Chromatography, Acetyl Acetonates.- C. Gas Chromatography, Fluorinated Acetylacetonates.- D. Gas Chromatography, Hexafluoroacetylacetonates.- E. Gas Chromatography, ß-Diketone Derivatives.- F. Gas Chromatography, Amino Substituted 3-Diketonates.- G. Gas Chromatography, DialkyIdithiophosphates.- H. Gas Chromatography, Salicyaldimes.- I. Gas Chromatography, Diethyldithiocarbamates.- J. Gas Chromatography, Non-chelated Metal Complexes.- K. Gas Chromatography, Metal Porphyrins.- L. Gas Chromotographic detection of Metal Chelates.- M. Gas Chromatography, Conclusions.- N. Liquid Chromatography of Metal Chelates.- O. Size Exclusion Chromatography of Metal Chelates.- P. High performance Thin-Layer Chromatography of Metal&Chelates.- Q. Index of Metal Analysis by Gas Chromatography of their&volatile Chelates.- Illustrative examples of the application of Chromatography&to Metal Chelates.- R. Gas Chromatography.- S. High performance Liquid Chromatography.- T. Size-exclusion Chromatography.- U. High performance Thin-Layer Chromatography.- 8 Other Chromatographic Techniques.- A. Thin-layer Chromatography.- Organoantimony Compounds.- Organoarsenic Compounds.- Organobismuth Compounds.- Organoboron Compounds.- Organocobalt Compounds.- Organocopper Compounds.- Organoiron Compounds.- Organolead Compounds.- Organphosphorus Compounds.- Alkyl and Aryl Phosphates.- Alkyl and Aryl Phosphites.- Phosphonic Acids.- Phosphinic Acids.- Substituted Phosphines.- Substituted Phosphine Oxides.- Phosphorothioc Acid Esters.- Miscellaneous Organophosphorus Compounds.- Organophosphorus Insecticides and Pesticides.- Organosilicon Compounds.- Organotellurium Compounds.- Organotin Compounds.- Organozinc Compounds.- B. Paper Chromatography.- Organoarsenic Compounds.- Organobismuth Compounds.- Organocobalt Compounds.- Organocopper Compounds.- Organoiron Compounds.- Organolead Compounds.- Organomercury Compounds.- Organophosphorus Compounds.- Alkyl and Aryl Phosphates and Phosphites.- Phosphorous, Phosphinic and Phosphonic Acid Esters.- Trialkyl, Triaryl Phosphine and Phosphine Oxides.- Pyrophosphoric Acid Esters.- Phenylphosphorothioates.- Carbohydrate Esters of Phosphoric Acid.- Miscellaneous Organophosphosphorus Compounds.- Organophosphorus Insecticides and Pesticides.- Organoselenium Compounds.- Organosilicon Compounds.- Organotin Compounds.- C. Column Chromatography.- Organoarsenic Compounds.- Organocobalt Compounds.- Organoiron Compounds.- Organolead Compounds.- Organomercury Compounds.- Organonickel Compounds.- Organophosphorus Compounds.- Phosphoric Acid Esters.- Alkyl Chloridates and Fluoridates.- Carbohydrate Phosphates.- Miscellaneous Organophosphorus Compounds.- Organophosphorus Insecticides and Pesticides.- Organoselenium Compounds.- Organosilicon Compounds.- Organotin Compounds.- Organovanadium Compounds.- D. Electrophoresis.- Organoiron Compounds.- Organolead Compounds.- Organophosphorus Compounds.- Organothallium Compounds.- 9 Organometallic Compounds in the Environment.- A. Introductory.- B. Organometallic Compounds in Water.- Organomercury Compounds.- Stability of Samples.- Natural Waters.- Potable Waters.- Sea and Coastal Waters.- Sewage and Trade Effluents.- Organogermanium Compounds.- Organotin Compounds.- Organolead Compounds.- Organoarsenic Compounds.- Organoantimony Compounds.- Organocopper Compounds.- Organosilicon Compounds.- C. Organometallic Compounds in Sediments.- Organomercury Compounds.- Organotin Compounds.- Organolead Compounds.- Organoarsenic Compounds.- Organosilicon Compounds.- D. Organometallic Compounds in Plants.- Organomercury Compounds.- Organotin Compounds.- Organolead Compounds.- Organomagnesium Compounds.- E. Organometallic Compounds in Biological Materials.- Organomercury Compounds in Fish.- Organomercury Compounds in Other Biological Materials.- Organotin Compounds.- Organolead Compounds.- Organoarsenic Compounds.- Organosilicon Compounds.- F. Organometallic Compounds in Air.- Organomercury Compounds.- Organomanganese Compounds.- Organonickel Compounds.- Organotin Compounds.- Organolead Compounds.- Organosilicon Compounds.- References.