Introduction -- The 18 valence electron rule -- Metal carbonyls -- Neutral spectator ligands: phosphines and N-heterocyclic carbenes -- Alkenes and alkynes as ligands -- Carbenes and carbynes: complexes with metal-carbon double and triple bonds -- Alkyl, aryl and ligands with higher hapticity -- Unique reactions in organometallic chemistry -- Ligand substitution reactions and fluxionality in organometallic compounds -- Metal clusters -- Homogenous catalysis using organometallic compounds -- Catalytic hydrogenation of alkenes and related reactions -- Hydroformylation -- Methanol, carbonylation and olefin oxidation: Monsanto, Cativa and Wacker processes -- Olefin metathesis -- Palladium catalysed C-C and C-N cross coupling reactions -- Olefin polymerisation and oligomerisation reactions -- Ferrocene: structure, bonding and reactions -- Organometallic polymers -- Bioorganometallic chemistry.