Introduction

When I was invited to edit a volume on computational organometallic chemistry by the good folks at Marcel Dekker, I accepted with enthusiasm. My eagerness for this project sprang primarily from the fact that this monograph covers two types of chemistry that are near and dear to my heart-computational and organo­ metallic. Additionally, after canvassing colleagues, experimental and computa­ tional, I felt that there would be sufficient interest in this undertaking from the scientific community. Perhaps most importantly, from these discussions there emerged a consensus that the time was ripe for just such a project.