Around 30 years ago the transition metal chemistry received great impulses. In the focus have been reactions of nickel and cobalt and herein especially their carbonyls. Also industrial processes have been developed. When the technical oxidation of ethylene with palladium chloride had been discovered, and a great number oflaboratory reactions, many groups have turned towards this subject. Apart from two important industrial processes - acetaldehyde and vinylacetate from ethylene - a great number of conversions and catalytic reactions with palladium compounds have been researched. Their mechanisms have been cleared up and have con tributed to a better understanding of the complex chemistry of palladium. Last but not least these reactions have also served for more understanding of organic transition metal compounds and catalyses in general. Numerous conventional reactions appear today in a different light. The effects of co-

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I. Introduction.- II. Palladium Compounds and Complexes Useful in Organic Synthesis.- III. Oxidation Reactions with Pd2+ Compounds.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Reactions of Olefins.- 3. Synthetic Reactions with ?-Allyl Complexes.- 4. Reactions of Aromatic Compounds.- 5. Synthetic Reactions by Transmetallation of Organomercury Compounds and Related Reactions.- 6. Synthetic Reactions Based on Chelation of Heteroatoms.- 7. Dehydrogenation Reactions.- 8. Reactions of Alkynes.- 9. Reactions of Alcohols and Carbon Monoxide.- 10. Miscellaneous Reactions.- IV. Catalytic Reactions.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Reactions of Olefins.- 3. Reactions of Conjugated Dienes.- 4. Reactions of Allene.- 5. Reactions of Allyl Ethers, Esters, and Alcohols.- 6. Reactions of Alkenyl Ethers and Esters.- 7. Reactions of Organic Halides.- 8. Decarbonylation of Aldehydes.- 9. Reaction of Alkynes.- 10. Reactions of Silicon Compounds.- 11. Reactions of Amines.- 12. Reactions of Isocyanides.- 13. Palladium Catalyzed Decomposition of Azo Compounds, Azides and Peroxides.- 14. Rearrangement Reactions Promoted by PdC12.- 15. Miscellaneous Reactions of Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide.- 16. Reductions.- 17. Miscellaneous Reactions.- References.