PřF:C9902 CheOrganometallic chemistry

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)

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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.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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.