Organometallic Chemistry

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Structural analysis techniques in inorganic chemistry

Course Contents

This course covers compounds including transition metal-carbon sigma bonds, metal carbonyls, metal-nirtoyl and dihydrogen compounds, carbene complexes, metal carbyne complexes, transition metal complexes of unsaturated organic ligands (cyclopentadienyl, olefin, arene, etc. ), metal-metal bonds, organometallic catalysis, hydroformilation and etc, Monsanto acetic acid process, Wacker(Smidt) process, Hydrogenation with Wilkonson's catalyst, olefin metahtesis, Ziegler Natta polymerization, and analysis of organometallic compounds with spectroscopic methods

Weekly Schedule

1) Carbonyl Complexes
2) Bonding of organic ligans to metals
3) Back bonding
4) Olefin compounds
5) Alkyne compounds
6) Allyl compounds
7) Butadien compounds
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Cyclic Pi compounds
10) Compounds with M-C sigma bonds
11) Compounds with multiple metal-carbon bonds
12) Dihydrogen compounds
13) Structural analysis of organometallic compounds
14) Structural analysis of organometallic compounds
15) General summary
16) Final examination

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Anorganik Kimya, Prof. Dr. Saim Özkar.
2- The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, Robert H. Crabtree.
3- Inorganic Chemistry, James E. Huheey.
4- Concepts & Models Of Inorganic Chemistry. by John Alexander, Darl Mcdaniel, Bodie Douglas

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Lecture
3) Question-Answer
4) Question-Answer
5) Discussion
6) Discussion
7) Drill and Practice
8) Drill and Practice
9) Problem Solving
10) Problem Solving

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Not Required