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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: CHE3002 Module Title: ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
Module Provider: Chemical Sciences Short Name: CH301
Level: HE3 Module Co-ordinator: AMODIO C Dr (Chem Science)
Number of credits: 10 Number of ECTS credits: 5
 
Module Availability
Assessment Pattern

Examination                              70%

Coursework                               30% (One piece of coursework)

Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Module Aims
  • To introduce students to advanced aspects of transition metal organometallic chemistry
  • To enable an understanding and appreciation of the fundamental structures, reactivity patterns and spectroscopy associated with organometallic chemistry
  • To illustrate the reactivity of selected organometallic complexes and show how these may be used as a tool for the synthesis of complex molecules
Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module you should be able to:- 

 

      ·    Describe the structures of organometallic compounds containing a wide variety of ligand types

 

      ·     Apply the Wade-Mingos-Lauher rules to the structures of cluster compounds  

 

      ·     Describe qualitatively the nature of the metal to ligand bond in transition metal organometallic compounds generally and provide evidence for the proposed models

 

      ·     Analyze in detail the role of organometallic compounds in the catalytic synthesis of important organic compounds

 

      ·     Describe the application of stoichiometry transition metal compounds in synthesis

 

      ·     Understand the modified reactivity of unsaturated ligands when coordinated to transition metal centres
Module Content

Lecture No:

Staff

Topic

1-14

 

RCTS

 

Occurrence and structures of transition metal binary carbonyl compounds.  The 18-electron rule and variants. Relationship to the MO approach.

 

 

 

 

Modes of coordination of the carbonyl ligand.  Phosphine complexes, cone angle.  Evidence for p back bonding.

 

 

Complexes of monodentate alkenes and alkynes: synthesis and bonding.  Hapticity.

 

 

Allyl and butadiene complexes: synthesis, structure and bonding

 

 

 

 

Transition metal cluster compounds.  Wade-Mingos-Lauher rules and polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory (PSEPT)

 

 

Synthesis and reactions of carbonyls, metal clusters and related compounds.

 

 

 

 

Structures and reactions of organometallic compounds of elements of the s and p blocks.

15-22

CA

Synthesis and reactions of transition metal carbine complexes.

 

 

 

 

Complexes of cyclo-pentadienyl, benzene and related ligands; synthesis, structure and bonding.

 

 

Reactions of coordinated ligands.  Metal complexes as homogeneous catalysts.  Choice of catalyst.

 

 

Industrial applications: Discussion of a selection of processes taken from: Alkene hydrogenation, oxidation, hydroformylation, Tennessee-Eastman acetic anhydride process, The Fischer-Tropsch and the Monsanto process.

 

 

Homogeneous catalysis development

Methods of Teaching/Learning
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Last Updated
20 April 2011