Well tailored metal catalysts are catalysts of the new generation resulting from scientific development at the boundary between homogeneous and hetero geneous chemistry. The main factors involved in making tailored metal catalysts are not those of traditional impregnation in which the chemistry is in general unknown and ill-defined, or of simple ion exchange which involves long-range forces with little control on the local structure through definite and special bond direction. Tailored Metal Catalysts thus has a rather different emphasis from normal review publications in the field of catalysis. Here we concentrate more on the distinct surface chemistry and catalytic properties of important established materials with well-characterized active structures or precursors, although at the same time providing a systematic presentation of relevant data. Many pioneering works have been undertaken in the field of tailored metal catalysts since the early research on polymer-attached homogeneous metal complexes by the British Petroleum Company Ltd. and the Mobil Oil Corpora tion around 1969; transition metal complexes attached on polymers by Grubbs (1971), Heinemann (1971), Manassen (1971), Pittman (1971), Bursian et al. (1972), Kagan (1973), Bailar (1974); transition metal complexes attached on inorganic oxides by Allum et al. (1972), Ballard (1973), Candlin and Thomas (1974), Murrell (1974), Yermakov (1974); metal carbonyls/polymers by Moffat (1970); metal carbonyls/inorganic oxides by Parkyns (1965), Davie et al. (1969), Banks et al. (1969), Howe (1973), Burwell (1975); metal carbonyl clusters/ polymers by Colhnan (1972); metal carbonyl clusters/inorganic oxides by Robertson and Webb (1974), Anderson (1974), Smith et al. (1975).

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Inorganic Oxide-attached Metal Catalysts.- 1. Introduction.- 2. General Features of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysts.- 3. General Aspects of the Development of Attached Metal Catalysts.- 4. Physical Techniques for the Characterization of Surface-attached Species.- 5. Polymers and Inorganic Oxides as Supports.- 6. Surface Hydroxyl Groups on Inorganic Oxides.- 7. The Functionalization of Inorganic Oxide Surfaces.- 8. Attached Metal Complex Catalysts.- 9. Tailored Metal Catalysts.- 10. Concluding Remarks.- References.- Polymer-attached Catalysts.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Polymer-anchored Catalysts.- 3. Polymer-protected Colloidal Catalysts.- 4. Concluding Remarks.- References.- The Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts from Mononuclear Carbonyl Complexes on Inorganic Supports.- General Aspects of Catalyst Preparation.- 3. Group VI Carbonyl Complexes.- 4. Group VIII Carbonyl Complexes.- 5. Group V Carbonyl Complexes.- 6. Concluding Remarks.- 7. Literature Update.- References.- Surface-supported Metal Clusters and their Catalysis in CO-based Reactions.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Preparation and Characterization of Surface-supported Metal Clusters.- 3. Selectivity Aspects of Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) Synthesis with Supported Metal Carbonyls.- 4. Carbonylation Reactions Catalyzed by Cluster-impregnated Catalysts.- 5. Synthesis of Oxygenated Carbon Compounds from Synthesis Gas.- References.- Asymmetrically Modified Nickel Catalysts.- 1. Introduction.- 2. General Considerations in Reactions Relating to MNi.- 3. MNi as a Practical Enantio-differentiating Hydrogenation Catalyst.- 4. MNi, its Structure and Mode of Action.- 5. Conclusions.- References.