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CHEM 423

Topics in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

3.00 units · Undergraduate

Fall 2026 · ENCH 423

Topics

  • Organometallic ligands and complexes
  • reactions at metal centres
  • ligand transformations
  • physical characterization methods
  • materials and biological applications.

Readings

  • Optional texts (explicitly not required): Gary Spessard and Gary Miessler, Organometallic Chemistry; Robert Crabtree, The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals. Editions and publishers are not specified.
Fall 2025 · ENCH 423

Topics

  • Carbonyl ligands
  • Chapter 3: Organometallic Reactions I
  • Ligand Substitution
  • Reductive Elimination
  • Chapter 4: Organometallic Reactions II
  • Insertion and Elimination

Readings

  • Required: Organometallic chemistry by Gary Spessard and Gary Miessler
  • Required: The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals by Robert Crabtree
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