V knige rassmotrena sistema predstavleniy, zaklyuchayushchikhsya v tom, chto osnovnye protsessy, protekayushchie s uchastiem karbonilov zheleza i ikh kompleksov - eto radikal'nye i ion-radikal'nye tsepnye protsessy, vazhnuyu rol' v kotorykh igrayut reaktsii zameshcheniya v koordinatsionnoy sfere semnadtsatielektronnykh radikal'nykh chastits. Tak, naprimer, reaktsii karbonilov zheleza s osnovaniyami L'yuisa, a takzhe karbonilferrat-anionov i gidridokarbonilferrat-anionov s kislotami L'yuisa (Brensteda) protekayut cherez odnoelektronnye redoks-stadii. Na pervykh stadiyakh etikh vzaimodeystviy proiskhodit odnoelektronnoe redoks-initsiirovanie s predvaritel'nym aktiviruyushchim kompleksoobrazovaniem, v rezul'tate chego obrazuyutsya radikal'nye i ion-radikal'nye kompleksy zheleza, kotorye initsiiruyut razvitie dvukh tsepey prevrashcheniy, obuslovlennykh reaktsiyami zameshcheniya v koordinatsionnoy sfere radikalov. Kataliticheskiy tsikl vosstanovitel'nogo karbonilirovaniya nitro- i nitrozosoedineniy v prisutstvii karbonilov zheleza, v kotorom rol' kataliticheski aktivnykh chastits vypolnyayut zhelezokarbonil'nye anion-radikaly, vklyuchaet prevrashcheniya cherez 17 v 19 i dalee v 17 kompleksy, i ves' protsess protekaet v radikal'no-tsepnom rezhime."