Concepts in homogeneous catalysis: the industrial view

Homogeneous catalysis is among the most important areas of contemporary chemistry and chemical technology: new applications of transition metals as central atoms of ligand-modified complexes (and thus a tailoring and tuning of the whole catalyst system) opens novel routes to new compounds, together with new possibilities for reaction control and separation of the homogeneous catalyst from the reactants and the substrate. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.