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Lecture Notes

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.

 
TOPICS SUBTOPICS NOTES
Week 1
I. Introduction (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 (PDF)
II. Structure and Bonding (cont.)

G) Ligands (cont.)

H) 18 Electron "Rule"

I) Counting Electrons

III. Reactivity

A) Ligand Substitution Reactions

Week 2

III. Reactivity (cont.)

B) Oxidative Addition

C) Reductive Elimination

D) Migratory Insertion and Elimination Reactions
(PDF)
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

(PDF)
III. Reactivity (cont.)

H) Activation of L to External Attack (cont.)

I) Reductive Couplings (cont.)

(PDF)
IV. Applications

A) Ziegler-Natta Polymerization

B) TM Carbenes

Week 4
Exam
IV. Applications (cont.)

B) TM Carbenes (cont.)

(PDF)
Week 5
IV. Applications (cont.)

B) TM Carbenes (cont.)

C) Hydrogenation

(PDF)
IV. Applications (cont.)
D) Carbonylations

E) Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reaction
(PDF)
Week 6
IV. Applications (cont.)

E) Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reaction (cont.)

(PDF)
Final Exam