Interaction of carbon dioxide with transition metal complexes

Reviewed are the papers published to 1975 inclusively, which deal with reactions of compounds of transition metal, in particular, of Zr, Nb and Ru proceeding with the formation of complexes of CO2 and with CO2 insertion along the bonds transition metal-hydrogen and transition metal-carbon. Homogeneous catalytic processes are also considered in which CO2 acts as a reagent of modifying ligand. A special section is devoted to reversible reactions, in which CO2 elimination takes place under the action of the compounds of transition metals