C9902 Organometallic chemistry and catalysis

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 1 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Doc. Nadia Moesch-Zanetti (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Pinkas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Pinkas, Ph.D.
Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jiří Pinkas, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of inorganic and 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.
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Course objectives
This basic course of organometallic chemistry covers all important classes of compounds and reaction types.
Syllabus
  • 1. History 2. Bonding models, electron count 2.1. Ligand field theory in complexes 2.2. Molecular orbital schemes for complexes with sigma- and pi-ligands 2.3. 18-electron rule 2.4. Isolobal analogy 3. Type of complexes 3.1. Carbonyl complexes 3.2. Alkyl, Alkylidene, Alkylidyne complexes 3.3. Olefin, Acetylene complexes 3.4. Complexes with cyclic pi-ligands 3.4.1 Cyclopentadienyl complexes 3.4.2 Complexes with other cyclic pi-ligands 4. Reactions of organometallic compounds 4.1. Ligand substitution reactions (dissociative and associative) 4.2. Oxidative addition/reductive eliminination 4.3. Insertion reactions 4.4. alpha- and beta-H-elimininations 4.5. Reactivity of at coordinated ligands (nucleophilic, electrophilic attack) 5. Homogenous catalysis 5.1. CO-Chemistry 5.1.1 Hydroformylation 5.1.2 Carbonylation (Monsanto process) 5.2. Olefin-Chemistry 5.2.1 Isomerisation 5.2.2 Hydrogenation 5.2.3 Metathesis 5.2.4 Polymerisation 5.2.5 Oxidation (Wacker process)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1 týden.

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