Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CY5203 : Organometallic Chemistry { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Rupam Dinda
Syllabus
General introduction of compounds containing metal-carbon bond, Structure and bonding, 18-Electron rule, Preparation, properties and bonding of metal carbonyls, nitrosyls and phosphine complexes, Synthesis and bonding of metal alkyls and hydride compounds, Bonding and structure of metal-olefins, metal-alkyne, cyclobutadiene, cyclopentadiene, arene based compounds and their Molecular Orbital bonding approach. Metal-carbon multiple bond: Metal-carbenes and metal-carbyne compounds and their properties. Metallocenes: Structure, bonding and reactivity (includes ferrocene, ruthenocene, chromocene, cobaoltocene, nickelocene etc). Metallacyclic compounds. Fluxional behaviour of organometallic compounds. Metal clusters: Synthetic aspects, properties and bonding, Metal-metal multiple bond: double, triple and quadruple bonded clusters. Preparation and applications of Organolithium, organomagnesium, organoaluminum and organoboron compounds, Basic concept of organometallic catalysis, Metathesis and polymerization reaction. Ligand Substitution reaction, oxidative-addition and reductive-elimination reaction, Insertion and hydride elimination reaction.
Course Objectives
- basic understanding on structure, bonding, preparation and application of organometallic compounds.
Course Outcomes
1) This course will provide basic understanding on structure, bonding, preparation and application of organometallic compounds. <br />2) Students will develop a thorough understanding of various inorganic reaction steps and the mechanism involved in those reactions.
Essential Reading
- C. Elschenbroich and A, Salzer, Organometallic-A Concise introduction, Weinheim
- R. C. Mehrotra and A. Singh, Organometallic Chemistry-A unified approach, New age international (P)limited publisher
Supplementary Reading
- R.H. Crabtree, The organometallic chemistry of the transition metals, Wiley-Interscience
- D. Astruc, Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Springer