C7740 Organometallics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2023

The course is not taught in Autumn 2023

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Marek Nečas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Marek Nečas, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
C1061 Inorganic Chemistry I
General Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry I and II, Organic Chemistry
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to introduce undergraduates to the utility of organometallic chemistry, a discipline of importance to scientists and technologists in a variety of industry sectors. The main focus will be on the synthesis and reactivity of organometallic compounds of the main group and transition metals, supported by discussion of structure and bonding and their implications. The aim, on completion of the course, is that a student will be equipped to recognize the key classes of organometallic compounds, their methods of characterization, possible synthetic routes and anticipated reactivity.
Learning outcomes
The aim, on completion of the course, is that a student will be equipped to recognize the key classes of organometallic compounds, their methods of characterization, possible synthetic routes and anticipated reactivity.
Syllabus
  • 1. Historical development, general features of organometallic compounds, bonding types. General synthetic methods of main-group organometallics and their reactivity. 2. Organometallics of groups 1 and 2 (Grignard reagents). 3. Organometallics of group 13 (organoboranes, organoboron halides and hydrides, carboranes, borinic and boronic acids, organoaluminium compounds). Organometallics of group 12. 4. Organometallics of group 14 (organosilicon, organotin and organolead compounds), organometallics of group 15 (compounds with As-C, Sb-C and Bi-C bonds). 5. Organometallic compounds of the transition elements, general trends, preparation, reactivity. Compounds with one-electron donor ligands (sigma-alkyl, aryl, acyl; sigma-alkenyl, sigma-alkynyl compounds). 6. Organometallic compounds with two-electron donor ligands (metal carbonyls, carbonyl metal hydrides and halides, thiocarbonyl metal complexes, isocyanide complexes, carbene and olefin complexes). 7. Organometallic compounds with three-electron donor ligands (allyl, cyclopropenyl and carbyne complexes). Compounds with four-electron ligands (butadiene and cyclobutadiene complexes). 8. Organometallic compounds with five-electron donor ligands (metallocenes). 9. Organometallic compounds with six-electron donor ligands (arene complexes), with seven- and eight-electron donor ligand s. Acetylene complexes. 10. Principal reaction types in chemistry of transition metal organometallics (olefin coordination, substitution reactions, oxidative additions and reductive eliminations, insertions and deinsertions, reactions of coordinated ligands). 11. Utilization of transition metal organometallics in catalysis (alkenes and alkynes polymerization and oligomerization, syntheses using carbon monoxide). 12. Hydroformylation, olefin and methanol oxidation, water-gas shift reaction, hydrogenation. 13. Homogenous organometallic catalysis (acetic anhydride, adiponitrile, aromatic polycarbonates). 14. Organometallics in biochemistry, microbiology and medicine.
Literature
  • Elschenbroich CH., Salzer A.: Organometallics, VCH Publishers, New York 1989
  • Kašpárek F.: Přehled organosloučenin přechodných kovů, UP Olomouc 1994
  • Kašpárek F.: Chemie organokových sloučenin, UP Olomouc 1991
  • Hill A. F.: Organotransition Metal Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge 2001
Teaching methods
The course has a form of lectures.
Assessment methods
The course has a form of lectures, oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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