| CHEM-652: Organometallic Chemistry |
| Fall 2011 |
| Instructor: | Prof. Joel Rosenthal |
| Lectures: | Tues + Thurs 11:00 - 12:15 PM (BRL 207) |
| Textbook: | Organotransition Metal Chemistry: From Bonding to Catalysis |
| by John F. Hartwig | |
| Office Hours: | By appointment |
| Syllabus | |
| Final Project Description | |
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| Course Outline | |||
| Date | Lecture | Topic | Supplemental Material |
| 2/7 | Lecture 1 | Historical Overview of Organometallics | Landmarks in OM |
| 2/9 | Lecture 2 | Electronic Structure and Electron Counting | |
| 2/16 | Lecture 3 | Metal-Alkyls | |
| 2/21 | Lecture 4 | Metal-Hydrides | |
| 2/23 | Lecture 5 | Fluxionality and Agostic Interactions | Agostic Interactions |
| 2/28 | Lecture 6 | Carbonyls and Phosphines | Metal Carbonyls |
| 3/1 | Lecture 7 | Olefins and Alkynes | |
| 3/6 | Lecture 8 | Multielectron pi-Ligands | Metallocene Bonding |
| 3/8 | Lecture 9 | Oxidative Additions | Types of Oxidative Additions |
| 3/13 | Lecture 10 | Reductive Eliminations | |
| 3/15 | Lecture 11 | Insertion Reactions I | |
| 4/3 | Midterm | ||
| 4/5 | Lecture 12 | Insertions and Additions | |
| 4/10 | Lecture 13 | Nucleophilic Additions | |
| 4/12 | Lecture 14 | Introduction to Carbene Complexes | |
| 4/17 | Lecture 15 | Metal Carbene Chemistry | |
| 4/19 | Lecture 16 | Olefin Metathesis | |
| 4/24 | Lecture 17 | Organometallic Catalysis | |
| 4/26 | Lecture 18 | Fischer-Tropsch Chemistry | |
| 5/1 | Lecture 19 | Olefin Chemistry | |
| 5/3 | Lecture 20 | Olefin Polymerization Chemistry I | |
| 5/8 | Lecture 21 | Olefin Polymerization Chemistry II | |
| 5/10 | Lecture 22 | Organometallic Oxidation Chemistry | |
| 5/12 | Class Presentations | ||
| 5/15 | Lecture 23 | C-H Bond Activation | |
Note: Course Outline is approximate and Subject to Change |
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| Problem Sets | |||
| Due Date | Problem Set | Solution Set | Statistics |
| 2/23 | Problem Set #1 | Solutions to PS #1 | Avg = 67.4 |
| High = 82, Low = 37 | |||
| Standard Deviation = 13.4 | |||
| 3/8 | Problem Set #2 | Solutions to PS #2 | Avg = 68.4 |
| High = 90, Low = 52 | |||
| Standard Deviation = 12.2 | |||
| 4/17 | Problem Set #3 | Solutions to PS #3 | Avg = 27.7/40 |
| High = 33, Low = 22 | |||
| Standard Deviation = 9.2 | |||
| 5/1 | Problem Set #4 | Solutions to PS #4 | Avg = 37.8/50 |
| High = 50, Low = 22 | |||
| Standard Deviation = 5.8 | |||
| Exams | |||
| Date | Exam | Solution Set | Statistics |
| 3/22 | Midterm | Solutions to Midterm | Avg = 70.4 |
| High = 83, Low = 51 | |||
| Standard Deviation = 10.0 | |||
5/17 3:30 - 6:30 BRL 207 |
Final | Solutions to Final | |