Introduction to Organometallic Chemistry

Overview

INTRODUCTION : Introduction To Organometallic Chemistry;C1 LIGANDS AND SIMPLE REACTIONS : Metal carbonyl complexes - Metal carbonyls Part II - Ligand substitution reactions - Substitutes for carbonyl ligands - Carbene complexes - Carbene complexes continued - Non-Carbon Ancillary ligands - Non-Carbon Ancillary ligands continued - Metal alkyl complexes - Ligand Insertion Reactions - ηm (m=even) ligands : Metal alkene complexes - Alkynes η2 bonding - Metal dihydrogen and hydrides - Migratory Insertion reaction with alkynes - ηm (m=4 dienes and m=2n, polyenes) - Reactions with oxidation state change : Oxidative addition & Vaskas complex mechanism - Reductive elimination - Reductive Elimination mechanism - Oxidative coupling with C-C bond formation - Metathesis reactions - ηm (m=odd) ligands : Metal-allyls - η3 complexes-synthesis, bonding - Metal-allyls - η3 complexes-fluxionality, reactivity - C-C single bond forming reactions - Metallocenes : η5 Cyclopentadienyl - complexes - η6 arene Metal complexes - Half sandwich complexes - Reactivity changes in coordinated ligands - Dynamics and structures of organometallic compounds : The isolobal analogy - Fluxional Properties of Organometallics - Quantifying Steric and electronic factors - Useful catalytic and Stoichiometric reactions : Hydrogenation reactions - Addition of HX to olefins - Reactions with CO insertion - Organometallics promoted C-X coupling - Organometallic polymerization - C-H activation - Applications of organometallic chemistry : Asymmetric Catalysis - Medicinal applications of organometallic complexes - Special Properties and Applications