The migration and cleavage of substituents from donor atoms in coordination compounds of the transition metals

The review brings together reactions involving the cleavage of organic substituents from donor atoms in coordination and organometallic compounds. In some cases the substituent is lost, in others it migrates to the metal. A few cases of migration from the metal to the donor atom are included. The information is scattered widely in the literature, and has been compiled as a survey of groups of the periodic table.