| Week 1 |
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I. Introduction |
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| II. Structure and bonding |
A) Formal charges
B) Oxidation state
C) d electron count
D) Hapticity
E) Coordination numbers and geometries
F) d orbitals
G) Ligands
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| 2 |
Quiz on the periodic table |
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| II. Structure and bonding (cont.) |
G) Ligands (cont.)
H) 18 electron "Rule"
I) Counting electrons
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| III. Reactivity |
A) Ligand substitution reactions
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| Week 2 |
| 3 |
III. Reactivity (cont.)
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B) Oxidative addition
C) Reductive elimination
D) Migratory insertion and elimination reactions
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Problem set 1 due |
| Week 3 |
| 4 |
III. Reactivity (cont.) |
D) Migratory insertion (cont.)
E) α-abstraction and β-abstraction
F) Four-center reactions
G) [2+2] Reactions
H) Activation of L to external attack
I) Reductive coupling
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| 5 |
III. Reactivity (cont.) |
H) Activation of L to external attack (cont.)
I) Reductive couplings (cont.)
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Problem set 2 due |
| IV. Applications |
A) Ziegler-natta polymerization
B) TM carbenes
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| Week 4 |
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Exam |
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| 6 |
IV. Applications (cont.) |
B) TM carbenes (cont.)
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| Week 5 |
| 7 |
IV. Applications (cont.) |
B) TM carbenes (cont.)
C) Hydrogenation
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| 8 |
IV. Applications (cont.) |
D) Carbonylations
E) Palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction
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Problem set 3 due |
| Week 6 |
| 9 |
IV. Applications (cont.) |
E) Palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction (cont.)
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Final exam |
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