... ligand set, metal ions tend to have different valuesof . For example, first-row metals and metals in a low oxidation state tend tohave low , while second- and third-row metals and metals in ... binding to the metal can perturb the chemical character of a ligand, aneffect that lies at the heart of organometallic chemistry. The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, Fourth ... PROPERTIES OFORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEXESOrganometallic chemistry is concerned with the metal carbon bond, of whichthe simplest is the M−C single bond of metal alkyls. As σ-bonding ligands,alkyls...