Chemistry 423 » Spring » 1st Half
2 Credits
Organometallic Chemistry
Instructor(s): William D. Jones

Prerequisites: CHM 421
Crosslisting: None.

Course Summary:
The course will survey a variety or organometallic compounds and reactions, focusing on mechanisms in organometallic reactions. Applications of organometallic compounds in homogeneous catalysis, polymerization, and metathesis. During the course, students will research a special topic and prepare a report.

Course Topics:
  1. Homogeneous Catalysis
    1.  Alkene Isomerization.
    2. Alkene Hydrogenation
    3. Alkene Hydroformylation
    4. Hydrocyanation of Butadiene
    5. Alkene Hydrosilation and Hydroboration
    6. Coupling Reactions
    7. Surface and Supported Organometallic Catalysis
  2. Metal–Ligand Multiple Bonds
    1. Carbenes
    2. Carbynes
    3. Bridging Carbenes and Carbynes
    4. N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
    5. Multiple Bonds to Heteroatoms
  3. Applications of Organometallic Chemistry
    1.  Alkene Metathesis
    2. Dimerization, Oligomerization, and Polymerization of Alkenes
    3.  Activation of CO and CO2
    4. CH Activation
    5. Organometallic Materials and Polymers
    6. CC Activation
    7. Clusters and the Metal–Metal Bond
    1.  Structures
    2. The Isolobal Analogy
    3. Synthesis
    4. Reactions
    5. Giant Clusters and Nanoparticles
    6. Giant Molecules
  4. Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Attack on Organometallic Complexes

Required Text:
The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, Robert H. Crabtree, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York (2005). ISBN: 0-471-66256-9

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