SUBJECT

Title

Organometallic Chemistry

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

Master

Part of degree program
Credits

2

Recommended in

Semester 1

Typically offered in

Autumn semester

Course description

The course intends to provide students with definitions and basic principles of organometallic chemistry, its history and its position in chemistry, the main trends in research and applications. Further topics as the nature of the metal-carbon bond, the basic groups of compounds, stability and thermochemistry, preparation as well as characteristic reactions are discussed. Typical examples concerning structure and bonding, as well as industrial applications are shown.

Readings

Compulsory:

  • printed slides of the lecture series.

Suggested:

  • C. Elschenbroich: Organometallics, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2006.

  • Omae, I.: Applications of Organometallic Compounds, Whiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1998.

  • Yamamoto, A.: Organotransition Metal Chemistry, John Whiley & Sons. Inc, New-York, 1986.