CHEM 4II3

TRANSITION METAL ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY AND CATALYSIS

Undergraduate

Winter 2025 · C01

Topics

Pi-ligands (e.g. alkene, alkyne, allyl–, butadiene, C5R5–, C6H6, cyclooctatetraenide etc.)
Alkyl, carbene, carbyne and carbide complexes
Hydride, dihydrogen and sigma complexes
Amido, imido and nitrido complexes
Ligand substitution
Oxidative addition and reductive elimination
Oxidative coupling
Insertion and de-insertion reactions (inc. β-hydride elimination)
Nucleophilic addition to the ligand
Reactions of metal complexes with electrophiles
Metathesis reactions (σ-bond, alkene, alkyne)
Fundamental concepts and background
Alkene and alkyne metathesis reactions
Alkene polymerisation (early and late transition metal catalysts)
Group 3 and lanthanide catalysis
Lanthanide and actinide chemistry
Low valent complexes & small molecule activation
Ligand design with respect to catalysis
Probing mechanisms in organometallic chemistry
NMR and fluxional behaviour

Organometallic Chemistry
G. O. Spessard, G. L. Miessler · 2015 · 3rd Ed. · Required
Oxford University Press
The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals
R. H. Crabtree · 2019 · 7th Ed · Recommended / optional
John Wiley & Sons
Organotransition Metal Chemistry: From Bonding to Catalysis
J. Hartwig · 2010 · Recommended / optional
University Science Books, USA
Oxford Primer No. 12: Organometallics 1 – Complexes with Transition Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds
M. Bochmann · 2002 · Recommended / optional
Oxford University Press
Oxford Primer No. 13: Organometallics 2 – Complexes with Transition Metal-Carbon π-Bonds
M. Bochmann · 2001 · Recommended / optional
Oxford University Press
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