Organometallic Chemistry
A 22-module path through organometallic chemistry, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- The 18-Electron Rule
- Ionic and Covalent Electron Counting Methods
- Ligand Classification: L, X, and Z-Type Donors
- Hapticity and the Eta Notation
- Metal Oxidation State, d-Electron Count, and Coordination Number
- Metal Carbonyl Complexes and Structures
- Synergic Bonding in Metal Carbonyls
- Infrared Spectroscopy of Carbonyl Ligands
- Bridging Carbonyls and Polynuclear Clusters
- Isoelectronic and Related Pi-Acceptor Ligands
- Metallocenes and the Ferrocene Structure
- Bonding in Sandwich Compounds
- Metal-Alkyl and Sigma-Bonded Complexes
- Beta-Hydride Elimination and Alkyl Decomposition
- Metal-Alkene and Metal-Alkyne Complexes
- Allyl and Polyene Complexes
- Metal Carbene and Carbyne Complexes
- Oxidative Addition
- Reductive Elimination
- Migratory Insertion
- Homogeneous Hydrogenation Mechanisms
- Industrial Catalytic Cycles: Hydroformylation, Wacker, Metathesis, and Cross-Coupling