CHIMICA METALLORGANICA
Academic Year 2018/2019 - 1° Year
Teaching Staff: Santo DI BELLA
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: CHIM/03 - General and inorganic chemistry
Taught classes: 35 hours
Exercise: 12 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: CHIM/03 - General and inorganic chemistry
Taught classes: 35 hours
Exercise: 12 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Learning Objectives
Application of organometallic compounds to catalysis and advanced materials.
Course Structure
Frontal lessons
Detailed Course Content
Organometallic Chemistry
- Introduction to organometallic chemistry: classification; nomenclature; reactivity;
- Organometallic chemistry of main group elements: synthesis, structure and general properties;
- Molecular orbital diagrams of transition metal complexes;
- Organometallic chemistry of transition elements. Metal hydrocarbyls, metal olefins, metal carbonyls; metal cyclopentadienyls, metal hydrides: synthesis, structure and properties.
- Reaction steps of transition metal catalyzed reactions;
- Homogeneous catalysis by transition metal complexes;
- Organometallic materials for nonlinear optics.
Textbook Information
- Slides of the lessons in English.
- C. Elschenbroich, A. Salzer “Organometallics“ second edition, VCH, Weinheim.
- F. A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C. A. Murillo, M. Bochmann “Advanced Inorganic Chemistry” sixth edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
- G. L. Miessler, D. A. Tarr “Inorganic Chemistry” Third Edition, Pearson.