Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Development of techniques in organometallic chemistry / D.F. Shriver -- Cannula techniques for the manipulation of air-sensitive materials / John P. McNally, Voon S. Leong, and N. John Cooper -- Techniques in the handling of highly reduced organometallics / John E. Ellis -- Vacuum line techniques for handling air-sensitive organometallic compounds / Barbara J. Burger and John E. Bercaw -- Multipurpose vacuum line designs for use in synthetic organometallic chemistry / Andrea L. Wayda, Patricia A. Bianconi, and James L. Dye -- Systems that allow diverse synthesis and purification procedures within an inert atmosphere glovebox / T.W. Weidman -- Using metal atoms and molecular high-temperature species in new materials synthesis : apparatus and techniques / Mark P. Andrews -- Spectroscopic characterization of inorganic and organometallic complexes by metal and high-pressure NMR / D. Christopher Roe -- New methods for acquiring IR spectral data in organometallic chemistry and catalysis / Donald J. Darensbourg and Guy Gibson -- Handling of reactive compounds for X-ray structure analysis / Hêakon Hope -- Photoelectron spectroscopy : experimental characterization of electronic structure and bonding in organometallic molecules / Dennis L. Lichtenberger, Glen Eugene Kellogg, and Louis S.K. Pang.