N-Heterocyclic carbene-ruthenium complexes in olefin metathesis / Samuel Beligny, Siegfried Blechert -- Ruthenium N-Heterocyclic carbene complexes in organic transformations (excluding metathesis) / Suzanne Burling, Belinda M. Paine, Michael K. Whittlesey -- Cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by palladium N-Heterocyclic carbene complexes -- Pd-NHC complexes as catalysts in telomerization and aryl amination reactions / David J. Nielsen, Kingsley J. Cavell -- Metal-mediated and -catalyzed oxidations using N-Heterocyclic carbene ligands / Mitchell J. Schultz, Matthew S. Sigman -- Efficient and selective hydrosilylation of alkenes and alkynes catalyzed by novel N-Heterocyclic carbene Pt0 complexes / Guillaume Berthon-Gelloz, Istvaan E. Markao -- Ni-NHC mediated catalysis / Janis Louie -- Asymmetric catalysis with metal N-Heterocyclic carbene complexes / Marc Mauduit, Hervae Clavier -- Chelate and pincer carbene complexes / Guillermina Rivera, Robert H. Crabtree -- The quest for longevity and stability of iridium-based hydrogenation catalysts : N-Heterocyclic carbenes and Crabtree's catalyst / Leslie D. Vazquez-Serrano, Jillian M. Buriak -- Cu-, Ag-, and Au-NHC complexes in catalysis / Pedro J. Paerez, M. Mar Daiaz-Requejo -- N-Heterocyclic carbenes as organic catalysts / Andrew P. Dove, Russell C. Pratt, Bas G. G. Lohmeijer, Hongbo Li, Erik C. Hagberg, Robert M. Waymouth, James L. Hedrick.