A listing of lecture session topics and corresponding lecture notes is included in the table below. In addition, an overall outline (PDF) for the lecture notes is presented.
Lecture notes courtesy of Satoko Hirai. Used with permission.
Lecture notes.
| TOPICS |
SUBTOPICS |
NOTES |
| Week 1 |
| I. Introduction |
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(PDF) |
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 |
| Quiz on the Periodic Table |
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(PDF) |
| 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 |
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III. Reactivity (cont.)
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B) Oxidative Addition
C) Reductive Elimination
D) Migratory Insertion and Elimination Reactions |
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| Week 3 |
| 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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| III. Reactivity (cont.) |
H) Activation of L to External Attack (cont.)
I) Reductive Couplings (cont.)
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(PDF) |
| IV. Applications |
A) Ziegler-Natta Polymerization
B) TM Carbenes
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| Week 4 |
| Exam |
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| IV. Applications (cont.) |
B) TM Carbenes (cont.)
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(PDF) |
| Week 5 |
IV. Applications (cont.)
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B) TM Carbenes (cont.)
C) Hydrogenation
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(PDF) |
IV. Applications (cont.)
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D) Carbonylations
E) Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reaction |
(PDF) |
| Week 6 |
| IV. Applications (cont.) |
E) Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reaction (cont.)
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(PDF) |
| Final Exam |
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