1 General topics 1.1 Some historical facts 1.2 Basic data 1.3 Electronic structures 1.4 Molecular orbitals of some representative complexes 1.5 Main reaction types 1.6 Problems 2 Main types of organometallic derivatives 2.1 Metal hydrides 2.2 Metal carbonyls 2.3 Metal alkyls and aryls 2.4 The zirconium-carbon bond in organic synthesis 2.5 Metal carbenes 2.6...