Syllabus
UNIT 1 ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
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General survey:
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Introduction |
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Properties |
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Classification |
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Stability |
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Methods of formation - Main group elements:
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Metal and organic halogen |
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Metal exchange |
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Organometallic compounds and metal halides |
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Metal hydrides with alkenes and alkynes |
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Insertion reactions |
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From diazo compounds |
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Decarboxylations |
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Some transition metal chemistry relevant to
organometallic chemistry:
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The 18 electron rule |
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Transition metal carbonyls |
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Classification of ligands |
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Molecular orbital theory |
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General reactions of transition metal complexes |
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Organotransition metal chemistry:
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Complexes of alkenes and alkynes |
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Allyl and diene complexes |
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Five electron ligands |
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Complexes of arenes |
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UNIT 2 HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS
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General:
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Basic principles |
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Transition metals in catalysis |
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Homo- versus heterogeneous catalysis |
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Molecule activation |
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Proximity interaction |
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The catalytic cycle |
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Homogeneous catalyst systems in operation:
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Hydrogenation |
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Isomerization |
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Carbonylation |
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Hydroformylation |
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UNIT 3 INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Industrial Inorganic Chemistry:
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Chromium |
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Manganese |
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For more detail see the study
guide for this module.
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