In Active Metals, topics ranging from morphology of metal cluster and nanometallurgy to organometallic chemistry, catalysis and the use of activated metals in natural product synthesis are authoritatively discussed by leading experts in the field.This book will allow you to fully benefit from the recent advances in the field by giving: detailed experimental procedures, guidance on manipulation of active metals under inert atmosphere, valuable information for planning syntheses, extensive tables of typical conversions and yields, and critically selected, up-to-date references.