Syllabus

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Required Textbook

Amazon logo Collman, James P., et al. Principles and Applications of Organotransition Metal Chemistry. Mill Valley, CA: University Science Books, 1987. ISBN: 9780935702514.

Recommended Textbooks

Amazon logo Crabtree, Robert H. The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals. 3rd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley, 2000. ISBN: 9780471184232.

Amazon logo Spessard, Gary O., and Gary L. Miessler. Organometallic Chemistry. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996. ISBN: 9780136401780.

Content

  1. Introduction

  2. Structure and Bonding

  3. Reactivity

  4. Applications in Organic Chemistry

Grading

ACTIVITIES POINTS
Final Exam 90
Exam 50
Quiz 10
Three Problem Sets ~10 each