Organometallic Chemistry & Catalysis

课程简介

/ Indicative Syllabus General properties of organometallic complexes. Common ligands in organometallic chemistry and ligand substitution reactions. Some basic reactions in organometallic chemistry: oxidative addition and reductive elimination, insertion and deinsertion, nucleophilic and electrophilic addition and abstraction. Applications to catalysis and organic synthesis.

目标

This module aims at providing the students with the various aspects of organometallic chemistry, ranging from basic concepts and fundamental knowledge to application to catalysis.

先修要求

Inorganic Chemistry II Co-requisite nil Exclusion nil

Teaching Pattern

Methodology Lectures will provide general outlines of the key concepts of the subject. Students are expected to read and understand the contents of the text book after the lectures, which will not cover all the details in the text. Substantial amount of materials will be taken from the literature as supplements to the text. Students are encourage to solve the problem sets (8 or 9); usually a problem set is provided right after the teaching of a topic, a student should be able to gain a better understanding of the contents of the topic by solving the problems. The students will be graded based upon their performance in two 3-hour tests and a 3-hour final examination. -- 1 of 2 --